Split frame 3D home movies

[P3D Marvin Jones <Campfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> RE: Don Radovitch wonders if beam splitter on camera and projector 
> with Polarizing filters is possible. Except for the simple mirrors 
> (prisms are preferable), Paillard Bolex had such an accessory for 
> their cameras and an outfit is probably in the used market at 
> collector prices. At least the ads and literature might be found in 
> old magazines and at camera swap meets. BobH
> 
Elmo also offered a 3D attachment for their Super-8 camera and projector
shortly before video came along and wiped out "home movies" on film. I
think the Elmo system was somewhat preferable to the Bolex (other than the
fact that the Bolex was 16mm, which was technically superior). The Bolex
system split the standard frame down the middle vertically, giving you a
"door frame" image that was taller than it was wide, which seemed really
strange since we are used to movies being landscape format. The Elmo system
also split the frame the same way, but contained a series of prisms that
turned the images 90 degrees and put them on the frame sideways, "foot to
foot". The resultant image was just about the same format as a standard
movie.


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