P3D Re: Beamsplitters

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Beamsplitter--excellent!  (just answering, and didn't say "perfect"  :->  )
>    
>Mark Shields


Ok.... now you are forcing me to say it:

Beamsplitter results are terrible!  I have seen slides and prints. 
The only way someone will be happy with a beamsplitter is if they have 
never seen results from a real stereo camera.

A friend of mine (not into 3d) was reading a photography book written 
in the 60s or 70s.  He told me that, according to the book, stereo 
cameras are now obsolete because there are beamsplitters that one can 
use in regular cameras and lenses and take advantage of modern camera
automation plus get 2d or 3d pictures at will.  The concept is very
attractive.  So why aren't more people using them?  Because "they have
seen the light".  The only way a person will be happy with them is if 
they have never experienced the excellent results from a regular
two-lens stereo camera.

-- George Themelis


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