P3D Re: The world is ortho after all...

[fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr. George A. Themelis)]

>>Just curious, what do you mean by "little hyper"?  Is the 6" of the
>>side by side SLRs the little hyper you are looking for?
>
>I use a Swanson Mk II twin P & S rig, Olympus lenses, 35mm f.l., 105mm
>apart, and use a Red Button to view.  Anything but landscapes does 
>seem  a little hyper to me, and I like it.

Good for you!  The next question to ask is what kind of subjects do you
shoot with it, and at what distance from the camera would you place your
nearest object?  Also, do you take prints or slides (important!)  And, if
you take slides, do you attempt to project them, or not?

I like pictures of people, tightly framed or close-up shots, I use slide
film and I project.  Even the Realist is too wide for most of these
pictures.

I enjoyed using the RBT S1 (read my Stereo World review) which has only 59
mm lens' separation.  The stereo pair reproduced in the article (not very
well, unfortunately) is one of my favorites:  I was standing about 4 feet
from my daughter and friends in a hay ride.  I lifted the RBT and took the
picture.  Turned out great (I am saving it for Detroit if they ever pass my
proposed assignment "Children in Play").  It projects wonderfully.  This
would have been unprojectable with a Realist and possibly unviewable with
any system with 4" separation.

>>>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.
>>
>>I cannot follow this... I violate ortho for an effect... it is called
>"hyper"
>
>I meant, it's violated for good reasons, to enhance imaging, not as a
>special effect.

That's questionable.  I use it mainly as a special effect.  There are good
uses of hyperstereo in science and engineering where someone is going to
measure something and get some information from the pair, but my personal
photography is for enjoyment not science.  I enjoy the hyper effect.  It is
different and it is fun when done in moderation.  But I wouldn't say that
it "enhances imaging"...

George Themelis


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