frozen cardboard

[P3D Dennis <snappy57@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm new to 3D photography.  I bought a Tower Camera, which uses the Realist
format and I'm using a Realist viewer for the slides.

I find the comment about the cardboard cutouts interesting.  I had noticed
the cardboard effect in the past with lenticular prints.  I was surprised
NOT to see the cardboard cutout effect with my Realist viewer.  My first
reaction was how everything seemed to truely have a shape and form - rather
than appearing as cutouts.  My second reaction was that since they seemed so
realistic, it's almost a distraction that they don't move. I get a kick when
I show people and I find them trying to look beyond the frame to see what
else is in the scene.  

I doubt that my mounting skill has anything to do with it because I'm using
slip in mounts and I don't really know what I'm doing yet.  I also don't
think it's a matter of my eyes being "educated" because I still notice it in
the lenticular prints  --  and when viewing side by side prints with a
viewer.  I also duplicated some of my slides and mounted them to share with
a friend, and I DID notice the cutout effect on the duplicates.

Does anyone agree with me or am I biased to my own work?  Could it be an
effect from projection as opposed to using a viewer?  Can the interocular
setting on a viewer have an effect on the way our mind blends the images?    

Any feedback? 
Dennis Mahoney


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