Re: 3Discover info

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gabriel went into great lengths telling us how people impressed with
3Discover are asking about taking their own pictures to be viewed with
the viewer and that the company is looking into it.

He also quotes from their brochure:

>>Can I use it for personal pictures?
> At the moment, no - although research teams are conducting 
> feasability studies. The 3Discover photographers use techniques
> and equipment especially made for the viewer.<

Well, I am sorry for not leaping with joy but all this sounds like
a big joke to me.  First of all, the viewer uses slide film.  Second,
it is full-frame 35 mm.  Third, the images in the film must be
transposed in order for the viewer to be useful.

Here is a company that has made a nice cheap viewer.  A camera system
that will work with this viewer must be very complicated and expensive.
You expect me to believe that their "research teams" are seriously
studying this possiblity?  Sorry, I am not buying this story and I
hope I am wrong!!! (for a change ;))

About the lay (was that lay or "lazy"? ;) people who showed interest
and are asking about taking their own 3d pictures, I have to say this:
Yes, people do ask me how they can take these wonderful pictures that
they see in my red button viewer.  The minute I point to a stereo camera
and the minute they realize that they cannot convert their crummy 2d 
prints from their cheap P&S cameras to fantastic 3d slides, these people
lose interest fast.  

Someone needs to tell those people that they can take stereo pictures
today without the "special techniques and equipment" used by the
3Discover photographers (which I bet are as simple as one or two 
SLR cameras).

George Themelis


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