Another great stereo night in Cleveland...

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brief report on our November meeting, which took place tonight.  

In the first part of the meeting we saw an excellent presentation by 
Don Peck on "Nature Stereo Photography".  Mr. Peck has been taking 
stereo pictures for 40 years now.  His stereo slides were absolutely
wonderful.  All pictures were shot with a Realist and Kodachrome 64 
from his trips around the USA.  It is amazing what a simple stereo 
camera can do in capable hands...

Second part of the meeting was a "lecture" by DrT on "Hyperstereos".  
We talked about the problem (lack of depth in far-away objects) and 
how to implement the solution (Hyperstereo) using either a single 
camera (any camera, even a stereo camera, could be used for this 
purpose) in successive exposures or two cameras connected to fire 
simultaneously. We discussed the general rules (1/30, parallel axes, 
vertical alignment) and the problems resulting from not applying these 
rules (excessive deviation, keystoning, vertical misalignment/
rotation).  We showed examples of hyperstereos taken using various 
techniques.  I hope some of our members were encouraged to try 
hyperstereos since everybody has the required tools (a single camera).

In our newsletter next month (to be circulated in 3 weeks) we are 
planning 3 articles:  An interview with Don Peck (this will be fairly 
long since Mr. Peck has such a rich history in stereoscopic 
activities) an article on Hyperstereos (this will include sources for 
camera bars, dual camera cable releases, references on procedures for 
testing camera pairs for synchronization, and other details not 
presented in our meeting) and an article on "Stereo in the Web", 
written by club members.

Please feel free to contact me for information about: 1) joining our 
club, 2) subscribing to our newsletter, 3) contributing an article for 
our newsletter.

Regards -- George Themelis, OhiO Stereo Photographic Society


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