P3D Re: The rise and fall of the stereograph

[William Carter <wc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John R asks:

>... is there a good estimate of how the resolution of the
>Kodachrome of the 1940's-50's compared to what's available today?

Now that sounds like a question for Bob H, if ever I heard one!

>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.

Is it possible that viewing at the maximum limit of stereo resolution,
predicated upon an average interocular distance and defined by, say, the
Howard-Dolman apparatus, may be pushing some negative extreme(s), even
perhaps antithetical to an enjoyable, if not viewable, 3-D experience? Too
heretical?



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