P3D Re: The rise and fall of the stereograph

[roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John W Roberts)]

>Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 06:29:34 -0600
>From: William Carter <wc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: P3D Re: The rise and fall of the stereograph

>As an advocate of what Mel Siegel of Carnegie Mellon University calls KGS,
>"kinder gentler stereo", I would be curious to know if the general decline
>of interest in the stereographic parlor cards from around the turn of the
>century, could be related to the development of faster emulsions and sharper
>lenses.

Interesting idea.

In that context, is there a good estimate of how the resolution of the
Kodachrome of the 1940's-50's compared to what's available today?

In the "film vs digital" discussions, a position taken by a few of the
participants seems to indicate that the current state-of-the-art resolution
in film is the minimum acceptable for stereo - but this level may not have
been available back when the stereo cameras were very popular.

John R


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