Re: Next Question

[P3D Carrano, Allan <allan.carrano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I'd argue that the contest being entered is "projected slides".  Not
>>the slides themselves. 

>Wow!  Great response Mike!  Dr. T missed that one...

HEY!  THAT WAS MY POINT!! :-)   Remember the original "Next Question"?:

>In a "competition of stereo slides," shouldn't the entries be viewed by
>whatever method is most appropriate for that entry? - That's the next
>question.

The correct answer, George, should have been, "It is not a 'competition
of stereo slides.'  Rather it is a competition of stereo slides in
projection."  

Is that splitting hairs?  I don't think so.  

I decided some time ago that stereo slides was where I really wanted to
be, not just in the realm of 3D, but in all of photography.  And the
best way to view my, or anyone else's, Realist format slides is in a Dr.
T modified viewer (Are you going to shoot that comment down, George?
:-)).

Now, if I'm trying to shoot the best slides I can, perfect my "art", why
would I go out and purposely shoot slightly overexposed slides?  I
wouldn't.  I would only do it to share results with a larger number of
people (and maybe to enjoy the competition and camaraderie associated
with such events - not bad reasons at all, if you are so inclined).
But, if I'm going to try to shoot the best slides for my personal
enjoyment, and share them with a close circle of family and friends,
they will be rich, saturated slides that will look great in my hand held
viewers - Yes, plural, viewers.  

I have three Themelized viewers at home and two more in process (BTW,
Dr. T, how are they coming along?:-)), and I'll probably add to the
total in time.  The reason?  It's been well discussed in this forum.
Brilliant, saturated slides (the kind I favor) look better in a viewer.
When I have everyone sitting down with a viewer in hand, passing slides
around, I'll have MY compromise to projection that reaches more people. 

I don't care to purposely take slides that will look better in
projection than in a viewer.  I feel to do so is to sacrifice too much
of the quality I am trying to achieve.  God knows, I'll shoot enough bad
stuff without trying!

One more of my famous (infamous) analogies:  To shoot slides for
projection rather than for viewers, believing in the quality differences
I've mentioned here, is like a musician who gives in to writing and
performing pop music to gain  fame and glory, when he bleeds internally
because he is not doing the classics. 

Of course, if you want to be into pop, you have no conflict.

Allan Carrano 


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