Re: Stereo wuffo story

[P3D John W Roberts <roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 10:51:07 -0500
>From: P3D  <PgWhacker@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Stereo wuffo story

>I do fly PGs.  I've got dozens of take off and landing stereo views but 
>nothing taken from the air.  You don't get much stereo vision from 
>altitude (I've mentioned on the list before that from 2,OOO ft. a 150 
>foot -- that's _15 stories_ -- ridge looks like a flat field.)  

I don't know whether the geometry is favorable (in terms of rigging), but
hyperstereos might be possible - perhaps straight down at the ground,
or off to the side with the camera pointed somewhat lower than straight
at the horizon, and letting the distance traveled between shots provide
the interocular.

>...I did just 
>buy my 1st Realist (expensive, fragile twin rigs up till now), and will 
>do some from the air PG stereo stuff this year.

I'm looking forward to hearing about the results (but please be careful! :-).

>My first Amateur Photographic Exchange Club stereo view was of a 
>paraglider launching at Utah's fabled Point of Mountain flight park.  You 
>can see that stereo view at the APEC web site:

>http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan/apec
>Greg Kane
>Denver

Great picture!

John R


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