Re: Freeviewer's Assistant & other musings

[P3D Shelley, Dan <dshelley@xxxxxxxx>]

Welcome back from "lurk" land Brad!

>I have enjoyed Dr. T's posting about the 
>Freeviewers Assistant (crafted by Alan 
>Lewis). I'll have to get one as soon as I 
>pay off my charge cards #8-)

I too have enjoyed Dr. T's efforts! I just finished reading the 
posts... THANK YOU DR. T for sharing this much observation and work 
with us. I am sure Alan Lewis thanks you too! =)

>I am wondering if this device could be used 
>to view _video_ shot with a "beam splitter"? 
>It might be a fun, and cheap way, to do some 
>3-D tv. Has anybody tried this yet?

Sounds like a great, functional idea! I was wondering something 
similar. One of my pet peeves is taht there has not been an easy way to 
project stereo cards for an audience to enjoy. About 7 years ago I was 
able to buy a LARGE (12"x12" window and a lens that will magnify the 
image to 12'x12' with no problem) opaque projector in a pawn shop. I 
have often wished I could just use that to show the stereo cards to a 
larger audience... Maybe this viewer would allow that? Alan or George, 
if you were in a darkened room, lets say, in the 4th row, looking at a 
projected stereo pair that was 8 feet wide (3.5' per image). Do you 
think the Freeviewer's assistant viewer would work well enough?

>Speaking of Dr. T...this week I finally got 
>around to fixing the focusing mechanism 
>on my Kodaslide II. I used "How to 
>Maintain, Repair and Improve your 
>Kodaslide I&II" by George Themelis. 
>...you will find Dr. T's books _very_ useful.

(Warning: Shameless web site plug coming! =) ) Dr.T's books are listed 
in the 3D book list: http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan/3dbooks which has 
recently been updated (not content, but HTML and graphics cleaning to 
facilitate downloads...) Here are the specfic entries:

HOW TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND IMPROVE YOUR
KODASLIDE I & II STEREO SLIDE VIEWERS.
$20.00 (SB) ISBN N/A. Written by George A. Themelis
(self-published), 3d edition, June 1995. The book is 40-50 pages and
includes a hardware package to be used to repair/upgrade the specific
viewer.

HOW TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND IMPROVE YOUR
REALIST GREEN-BUTTON (MODEL 2062) AC/DC STEREO
SLIDE VIEWER.
$20.00 (SB) ISBN N/A. Written by George A. Themelis
(self-published), 1st edition, June 1995. The book is 40-50 pages and
includes a hardware package to be used to repair/upgrade the specific
viewer. 

HOW TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND IMPROVE YOUR V-M
MODEL "D" FOCUSING VIEWER.
$20.00 (SB) ISBN N/A. Written by George A. Themelis
(self-published), 1st edition, June 1995. The book is 40-50 pages and
includes a hardware package to be used to repair/upgrade the specific
viewer. 

>People like George, Alan, and the many 
>others are making great contributions to 
>this hobby/vocation/passion. They make 
>3D much more enjoyable for the rest of us!

DITTO! Very well put. Also, thanks Sam for the work you invested in 
your Realist/Loreo comparison this weekend. Surely someone will use 
that info when considering which way to go. 

>Check out my 3-D Galoot site:
>http://www.kcnet.com/~galoot

I like the Galoot in anaglyph glasses! Nice redo of your site Brad. 
Thanks for the link!! =)

Dan Shelley
dshelley@xxxxxxxx


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