Re:Terminology and Realist as a weapon

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 05:19:52 +0000
>From: P3D  Dr. George A. Themelis  writes:
>..................  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... 

Philosophical musings... nothing *leads* to chaos, chaos exists everywhere.
We simply name many parts of it. Any device used predominantly for 3D photos
could be considered a 3D camera even if it's an SLR, though I understand the
purpose of maintaining a distinction from specially adapted technology. It
wouldn't take much to qualify as *specially adapted*. Add a slide bar, or a
mirrored *beam splitter* or tape some single use cameras together.  

The presence or absence of a viewing system particularly wouldn't affect the
definition of the image taking devices. Prints are freeviewable, slides need
a viewer or projector, computers need digitized images. The point being that
a viewer isn't the same as a camera even if it's a recommended part of a
good system.  :-)

Larry Berlin

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