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P3D Grain of Truth

  • From: LSmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Smart, Lattie MD06)
  • Subject: P3D Grain of Truth
  • Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:06:37 -0500

>The merits of Velvia vs. Kodachrome is just as generic a photographic
>topic as partitioning a harddrive is a generic computer topic.  There is
>NOTHING intrinsically 3D-relevant about film emulsion.

     Dems fightin' words! :-)

     Obsessing over grain size and film emulsion is one of my
fave stereo preoccupations! (and I don't think I'm alone!). Think about it - 
there is no other group of slightly-nutty photo folks out there who stare for
prolonged periods at magnified, synchronized, transparency originals. Slides 
normally are used for projection (where grain is mitigated by projection factors)
or commercial print reproduction (where they can be altered/edited/manipulated
to taste).

     Yes indeedy: smaller, finer, sharper, intense-r (nevermind that I'm
shooting on it w/ 50 yr. old lens :-) ).


                              LS


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