P3D Re: world of non-ortho

[roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John W Roberts)]

>Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 07:07:07 -0700
>From: Sam Smith <3dhacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: P3D Re: world of non-ortho

>[George T]
>>2. I tend to believe that those who are not bothered by the hyper
>>   nature of everyday scenes taken with the 6" separated SLRs side
>>   by side, primarily use prints and not slides. 

>Good point George. Since prints are typically less sharp than their slide
>counterparts, could it also be that because the prints have less detail for
>depth clues, the perception is a little flatter, thereby compensating for
>the increased stereo base?

Maybe it's just that people who make stereo prints aren't quite as bright
as people who make stereo slides. Yeah, that's it - it just took me a little
longer to figure out, because I mainly make stereo prints!
(Sorry, don't know how to make a sarcastic smiley.)

But seriously, I've seen a lot of stereo prints, and a relatively smaller
number of stereo slides, and I don't notice any striking differences between
the two. I would speculate that people who have mostly been exposed to
slides may have developed a feeling of familiarity with that system, which
causes them to feel more comfortable when viewing slides than when viewing
prints. This would tend to skew the judgement of relative merit. I'm
(hopefully) about to see how slides are precision-mounted - perhaps I can
then try slide and print stereos of the same scenes, to further resolve
my own views on the matter.

John R



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