P3D Nishika format, coke bottle 3-d mouse pad, 3-d camera photo

[Ralph Johnston <copley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

NISHIKA FORMAT

Make that 17perf not 16perf.  Yes, the Nimslo/Nishika format has an extra
perf between groups of 4-perf images to help with the lenticular printing
process.  See my AutoCad drawings:

http://www.ultranet.com/~copley/StereoNE/slidefmt.html

Unfortunately, this makes it difficult to get normal 4x6 prints made of
pairs of images because of the irregular spacing.  I found this out when I
taped off the center pair of lenses on my Nishika and asked the processor
to print the pairs on 4x6 paper.  There was a white space between the
images, and they fell off the paper at the ends.

My advise:  Take out the weight in the bottom, it is there just to make the
camera feel expensive.  Stick to 4-lens lenticular prints.  Or tape off the
center two lenses and find a friendly photofinisher who will give you
wallet sized prints (vertical) of the outer frames.  Then mount them with
2.7 to 3.0" spacing on 3.5 x 7.0" cards.

This camera has one advantage over the Nimslo, you can manually set the
aperture to f/19 for flash photos with good depth of field.  The Nimslo
takes the flash photos wide open.

COKE BOTTLE CAP MOUSE PAD

I bought a 3-d mouse pad from the Micro Center in Cambridge, MA.  It is the
normal 1/8" thick but appears to be about 3/4" thick.  The bottle caps are
on the surface suspended over diagonal black & white stripes.  I can't
figure out how it is done.  Anyone?

3-D CAMERA PHOTO COLLECTION

I am still adding to my photo collection now up to 19.  I ran across a
Voigtlander stereflekscop 45x107mm plate camera yesterday at a camera show
in Woburn, MA and the dealer was nice enough to let me photo it with my
digital camera.  See:

http://www.ultranet.com/~copley/StereoNE/cameras.htm

RHINO HOME 3-D VIDEOS

I have three of these and so for cannot find a single scene that is in 3-d.
 There are brief scenes with double images in red and blue, but it seems to
have been done by double printing the same image with a horizontal offset.
Can anyone direct me to a scene that is truly in 3-d?

The titles are:  Cat Women on the Moon 3-d, Robot Monster, & The Mask.

This appears to me to be a rip-off.  

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>Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 20:34:43 -0600
>From: Sam Smith <3dhacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: sell-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: S3D El-Cheapo Camera: $30 Nishika!
>Message-ID: <2.2.32.19980621023443.00753348@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>My opinion's not going to change just because I'm selling one: It's the most
>notorious of all 3d cameras. The Bre-x of Stereography.
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>I'm sure you all know that this is basically a plastic camera made to look
>flashy. But it does have potential for those who want to modify it.The 16P
>advance system is great for those who want to turn it into a full-frame
>stereo camera. 


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