P3D stretched too far?

[ron labbe <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Boris Starosta writes:
>For your consideration, I submit Ron Labbe's photo of Leah
>(http://www.studio3d.com/pages2/people.html), which he has stated (to me in
>a private communication) was taken with a telephoto (I can't recall the
>f.l., but it was quite a bit over 80mm).  On the website, cross-viewing,
>the depth looks exaggerated (stretch), which implies to me, given the use
>of a telephoto, that the stereobase was not normal (>>70mm).  Ron, feel
>free to jump in on this.  I've not seen the slide, nor have I met Leah in
>person, so I cannot fully judge the image, but on the web it looks very
>strange to me.  I propose this is an example of the use of a larger
>stereobase to compensate for a longer taking lens f.l.
>
>Am I right, Ron?
>

Far too much emphasis, IMHO, on stuff that doesn't matter! How dead can we
beat this horse? If Leah looks stretched to you, it may not to others (it
doesn't to me! In fact, the image of Kurt Steel. just above, looks MORE
stretched to me!) When Dr T first looked at his first stereo images, they
looked cardboarded- now they don't. Why all the fuss? Stereo is always
going to be a compromise! I'd much rather look at specific images and talk
about them (like Boris has begun here) instead of rambling about theory...
What do others think of the aforementioned images?



ron

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