Re: Terminology and Realist as a weapon

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Being used for something or having the potential to be used as something 
> is not the same as being something.  I can use a Realist as a weapon.  
> That does not make it "a weapon" but a stereo camera that is being used 
> as a weapon.  Same way, a single camera used for 3d is a single camera 
> used for stereo and not a stereo camera.  That's how I see it.  Otherwise
> anything could be anything else, which leads to chaos... 

I agree with your definition for casual conversation, however in my
secret garden, I'll still consider a single camera that takes stereo photographs
to be a stereo camera.  One with strong limitations, but "still one".  :-)

In any case, the general topic that was being discussed was more than just
single cameras, it included dual-slr schemes and such as well.  At the last
Cascade Stereo Club meeting we had a stereo camera (or maybe not) consisting
of two Polaroid cameras attached together with elastomeric devices with which
we took stereo pictures of the group.  Turned out nicely.  :-)

Mike K.


P.S. - At that same club meeting we had a very impressive 3-projector (computer
       sequenced) stereo-photography show that was taken with no stereo camera
       at all!  :-)




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