Re: PHOTO-3D digest 2223

[P3D D Cootey <shmoobee@xxxxxxxx>]

>RBT is the short form of "Raum Bild Teknik" - translated from german:
>Space Picture Technology

Thanks!

>RBT is using better quality amateur cameras as parents, I guess to 
>keep
>the retail price on a level, where the amateur stereographer can "join 
>the
>club".

	Maybe I'm niave, but those seem like professional prices to me. 
$2000 for a camera is a serious investment and one that keeps me out of
that club.  :(  Would be nice to get one, though.  BTW, are both lenses
in synch so that when one zooms in or focuses on an object, both lenses
are exact?  Or does one have to manually adjust the settings for both
lenses...


>BTW - Can anyone explain why 95 % of the anaglyphs on the WEB are of
>mediocre quality - including JPL, Silicon Graphics, museums, 
>manufacturers
>and amateurs ?

I don't have an answer for that one, but I've sure noticed it.  The
photos are often of poor quality and the 3D effect is very flat in a
majority of them.  Perhaps it is because there is no standard software
that everyone is using?  I tried some software off a site on AOL that
made awful anaglyphs.  They simply didn't work.  It made me wonder if the
programmer ever beta tested his software before he released it.  I
haven't found any other software that puts stereo pairs together as
anaglyphs, but I've found directions on how to do it in Photoshop and
Paint shop Pro.  Part of the reason I joined this list was to learn of
any reliable anaglyph generating software.  I'd be very interested in an
answer to your question, too...


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