Re: Viewmaster pix from Realist?

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Ah yes, as the good Dr.T says everything is possible in stereo. Even
>going back in time I might addd! Regarding making VM reels, didn't 
>Jamie Drouin originally shoot his cool Mandate Of Heaven reel using
>a Realist? I wonder if this was for technical or more for practical
>reasons? - Gabriel

I think that Jamie shot his first reel with a VM camera, only made many
copies (took the same picture many times?)  He shot his second reel with 
a single SLR in a slide bar and had it reproduced the VM size, which is 
a common practice in later VM photography.

The original poster asked about _cropping_ Realist to VM size.  And I was
talking about cropping full frame 35 mm pairs to VM size. In other words,
in these VM reels the _original_ Realist or full-frame chips are used. 
There is no copying or reduction in size taking place, only masking.
A bit tricky (well, very tricky) but not impossible.

-- George Themelis

PS.  And I fully agree with Gabriel's summary of the AMAZING 3-D book.
     It is a "must have" and "must read".


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