Re: Dont Tilt the Camera or you will go blind!

[P3D John W Roberts <roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 13:39:21 -0500
>From: P3D Jon Golden  <3dman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Dont Tilt the Camera or you will go blind!

>So I cant tilt my camera.....

>1) So I cant tilt the camera huh....I better keep it level otherwise the
>image is no good

That's one of those "rule of thumb" rules that *generally* make sense, and
are probably advisable for beginners to follow. For example: if you're like
most of us, as a child you were repeatedly warned not to swallow flaming
liquids, stand barefoot in the campfire, jump out of airplanes, attempt
to ride enraged bulls, etc. But as you grew up and developed interests in
fire eating, fire walking, skydiving, rodeos, and so on, that changed to a
recommendation not to attempt these things *unless you know what you're doing.*

>OK...I am off to remove all
>those inferior tilted pictures....

Yes, just as well. Better send them to me - I'll see that they're dealt with 
properly. :-)

>Anything else anyone wants to tell me not to do because it cant possibly
>work?   I am ready to obey orders because laws should be followed....and
>not intellegently stretched or broken!

Don't try to exploit the Pulfrich effect in a still-photo slide show by
putting a dark filter over one lens and waving the projector back and forth
at the screen. ;-)

>Regar-d-d-d-s from the level view.....Jon Golden

But seriously folks, I often like a tilted stereo view, when tilting serves
a useful purpose in the composition of the photo.

John R


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