Re: QVus for beginners

[P3D Susan Wageman <suewageman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Walton writes:

>Many of the cards seen in the SSA are monolithic prints from Grand Photo
stuck in a QVu >with no thought to the stereo window or distance between
two like points in the >stereograph. or even tilted horizons, where lakes
or oceans run downhill to one side or
>the the other.  Many of these problems could be cured by trimming and using 
>an open face mount. 
>
>These are a few of the reasons for my not recommending QVus for beginners.

Just as slides can be mounted poorly or well, prints can easily suffer the
same fate. 

I agree that the monolithic prints can promote poor mounting habits. It is
very easy to just drop them into a Q-vu mount or even just pass them around
without the mount. For beginners, who just are not going to do any more,
this system can be ideal. If having Q-vues and monolithic prints is the
difference between someone exploring stereo photography and quiting because
it's too much trouble, then these are a good thing.

On the other hand, one does not HAVE to get monolithic prints. With
separate prints, it is very easy to compose within the window and the Q-vu
frame, and it's a much less persnickety process than front mounting requires. 

Just as with slides, there are many ways to mount - both well and poorly.
It's the care you take that counts.



Susan Wageman 
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