P3D Re: the world is non-ortho

[bercov@xxxxxxxxxxx (John Bercovitz)]

Good buddy Peter Abrahams writes:

> But more than that, I'm an ortho-atheist.  I like to keep 
> orthostereoscopy in mind without 'believing in it'.  One 
> doesn't violate ortho for an effect, it is violated because 
> it is not inviolate.
> .....
> Peter Abrahams   telscope@xxxxxxxxxx
> the history of the telescope, the microscope,
>     and the prism binocular

Well, I am shocked!  Oh, wait, telescopes, binoculars, and
microscopes are by definition non-ortho because all change
the perspective to achieve their effects.  Hmmm..  Peter
wouldn't have a hidden agenda, would he????

Continuing on, I would agree that ortho is only purely ortho 
relative to a given individual but I can't see how film 
contrast has anything to do with ortho which is a rule for 
correct geometry.

Nasty John (who likes to razz really nice people like Peter) B
The world _is_ ortho, it's some of our efforts which aren't.


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