Re: Stereo card judging

[P3D <ehh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Carole,

When we held the stereo card for the Oakland Camera Club's 2nd International competition judging 
last January (including some nice entries from you), we had at least three stereoscopes of more-
or-less equal quality and each of three judges was assigned one.  They then took one of four 
stacks of randomly arranged cards and evaluated each of them individually with a score between 
1-4 (we had a scorer assigned to each judge to record the score and move things along fairly 
quickly).  

Each judge then passed his/her stack to the next judge and took a stack they had not seen and 
repeated the process until they had seen all of the cards.  The scores were then totalled and a 
cut-off point for acceptances was determined and all scores above a certain level were in 
competition for the top spots.  The judges then evaluated these cards as a group, discussing the 
strengths and weaknesses of each.  Ultimately they were able to identify the cards which would 
place in each of the categories where we gave awards.

I hope this brief reply answers some of your questions.  Please feel free to e-mail me directly 
if you have more specific questions.

Eddie Hosey
San Francisco
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On 08/13/97 11:44:50 you wrote:
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>Now that many PSA groups are offering stereo card competitions 
>I have wondered about the method used by the judges, since
>obviously they cannot all see an entry at the same time as with
>single prints or slides.  Do they pass around a viewer with the
>card in question, or do they supply their own to vote and judge
>individually?   I've been at many single print judgings, and have
>participated in quite a few,  but I can't imagine how the card
>judging takes place. 
>
>Carole -- Curious in California
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