Re: Addicted to stretch?

[P3D Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I never got to finish my thoughts on why we like the View-Magic viewer.
>The main reason is that many of us like the "strech" that results when a
>stereo image is viewed with much longer focal length than it should.  This
>results in a small image (details cannot be seen) that appears to have a
>lot of depth.

>In cases where no viewer is used, one can experiment and see what happens
>when the distance from the stereo image is increased and see whether he/she
>likes the effect.  Most people like what they see.  The cannot see
>distracting details and problems with the image but they clearly and more
>pronounced see the DEPTH.

  Great explanation George. I've noticed the detail part of it
when looking at books (3D Holleywood for example). With a viewer
you can see the half tone dots which reduces the realism. Freeviewing
from far away makes the images seem more real. I hadn't noticed the
stretch effect but I'm sure it helps in some photos.


>I plan to take advantage of this "stretch" addiction and make a viewer with
>100 mm FL lenses.  That's right, 100 mm.  Not the 35 mm that certain ortho
>people are trying to use.  Maybe I will go as long at 125 mm (that's 5 in.,
>like the lenses in most stereo projectors).

  Great idea for people with projectors, and especially those
who compete.

  Get some zoom lenses and see what the image will
look like from various seats :)

Greg E.




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