P3D Re: A Beginner's Kit, Proposed

["Jim Crowell" <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>Whoa, Nelly!!  Customized viewers and storage pages?  Voluminous CD
>ROMs and Photo-3D subscriptions?  Maybe I can add the $600 viewmaster
>viewer! ;-) ;-)
>
>I guess I should clarify.  I'm looking for lean-and-mean intro stuff
>here.  Maximum Bang for the Beginner Budget Buck, some hard-core
>must-have basics with a favorable signal-to-noise ratio.  All these
>products are great for the 3D Christmas list (they're sure on mine!)
>and Photo 3-D is a good long-term investment in your stereo education
>- but slogging through the archives is a pretty inefficient way to
>learn one's stereo ABC's.
>
>So think back esteemed veterans.  What gave you your milestone
>insights when you were larnin' the ropes?  What tool or trick changed
>your 3-D modus operandi in a fundamental way?  The tyros are waiting
>out here!
>

Well, where d'you want to draw the line?  Bare minimum requirement is a
camera & good control of the ocular muscles; that's all I used for a few
years before finding out there were stereo cameras to be had.

I generally recommend the ViewMagic as a first buy for people who want to
try stereo out withhout spending much, partly for the booklet that comes
with it.

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
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