Re: New 3D business opportunity

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997
>From: P3D Gregory J. Wageman writes:
>
>
>Larry Berlin replied in answer to my open question as to how to view
>digitally-captured images anywhere:
>
>>Ever hear of color printers? Or digital to film transfers? Digital is the
>>best of both worlds if the input resolution can be improved, which is
>>obviously happening. Resolution is the only current significant drawback to
>>digital stereo.
>
>This one had me laughing out loud.  Here it is, the ultimate irony:
>
>Digital stereo camera -> 250MHz Pentium II computer -> Ultra-high-res
>Dye-sub digital printer -> View result in 1890's Holmes stereoscope!

*******  I'm glad you like that mental image. I think it's a grand image.
Some technologies will remain with us simply because they work so well. If
our new toys stray too far from real basics they may not last, so being able
to do what you described is really a big plus!!!

>.................
>Also, I might add, the question was asked in the context of remaining
>in the digital realm, not going to hard copy.  If hard copy is the goal,
>I would start and end with film, and bypass the computer entirely.  This
>will continue to be entirely acceptable for "normal" images (i.e. ones
>that don't require special processing).

*****  You asked the question of how to share digital images with friends
who didn't have a computer in front of them. Going to hard copy is the
obvious answer. As to skipping the digital realm entirely if hard copy was
intended, think that one over again. For one thing, sharing images with
friends may not be the only purpose for a particular image, but it's
important to not ignore that function! Then all the other special things
digital offers lets you have an even more special image to share than what
might have come from the original whether taken with film or digital media.
Film cameras aren't going to disappear anytime soon and that's a great
thing. I prefer to go into digital before presentation most of the time
regardless of the original source. (though I don't have all the techno toys
I really need yet!!!)

Larry Berlin

Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
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