RE: Lack of interest in 3-D

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck Field replied:

>  I'm sorry, but, we only "see" Dr. T. in an arena where MANY of us feel 
>free to show our excitement with stereography.  It's not fair to assume that 
>Dr. T acts the same way with his coworkers.  I, too, share my passion with 
>the folks at work.  But I'm careful about not trying to expect them to be as 
>excited, as I am.  I don't push it on them.  I have a couple of viewers on 
>display, in my office, and wait for visitors to ask me about them.  

Chuck, you read a bit more than I was implying into my statements.  I was
making no suggestions about how George presents his work to anyone.  I
was simply making the point that, as far as attention to one's hobby goes,
George is exceptional.  Yes, most of us here are enthusiasts, but how
many of us do all that George has done (start a club, commercial viewer
repair, active shooter, etc.)?  All I was trying to say was that, as a
data point, George is at the high end of the curve.

I've seen negative reactions from family members when "dad" has a hobby
he's really passionate about.  It has nothing to do with the value of the
hobby nor the way it's presented.  Perhaps its jealousy, I don't know.

>   I'll bet I've shared my hobby with at least 200 people.  Yes, a majority 
>of them think that the effect is pretty cool, but, the level of enthusiasm 
>is so low, compared to our own, that I really think it makes it difficult 
>for companies/organizations/etc. to make more use of it.  Add to that the 
>need for some kind of viewer, in many forms of stereophotography, and the 
>RELATIVE complexity in getting a high quality 3-D image, and the result is a 
>general avoidance of stereo.  

But you could say the same thing about ordinary photography.  Many people
(most?) have cameras.  A lot of people even have very good, very expensive
SLR cameras.  Yet how many of those people have *ever* gone beyond getting
their 4x6" prints back from the developer and had enlargements made, even
as small as an 8x10?  People could be decorating their homes and offices
with their own photography, yet I rarely see it done beyond the family
portrait on the desk, and often *those* are done by Sears!

I think many people don't know what they are capable of!  I think for
most, it takes Dr. T.'s approach of literally putting a camera into
their hands and showing them their results before they'll believe how
easy it is an that they can do it!

	-Greg W.


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