Viewers vs. Projectors

[P3D Adrian McCarthy <Adrian_McCarthy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm a relatively new 3D enthusiast, and I've gone the 2x2x2 
route.  I'm surprised by some of the claims I've read here that 
viewers are superior to projection for stereo slides.  For me, 
projection is the only comfortable way to view stereo.

I wear glasses (nearsighted and astigmatic), so it's impossible 
to get close enough to any viewer to see the entire image, thus 
I've never experience the "stereo window" in a viewer.  No 
viewer's focus adjustment comes close to compensating for my 
myopia.  My eyes are narrowly set (57mm).  The adjustable 
viewers I've seen seem to have a lower limit of about 60mm.  
When I get new glasses, I often have to order my frames from the 
children's catalogs.

Even though I had several ViewMasters as a kid, it was only a 
year or two ago that I learned they were stereo images.  I could 
never see both views simultaneously.  I can't free-view prints, 
nor have I found a hand held viewer that lets me clearly see the 
images available in books or on web pages.

Projection, on the other hand, is awesome.  If it weren't for 
projection, I wouldn't be interested in stereo at all, and my 
interest in flat photography would be significantly reduced.

Am I alone in this situation.  Doesn't anybody out there find 
projection easier to see?

Aid.


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