P3D Faking it? No!

[fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr. George A. Themelis)]

>I believe Boris's objection is to taking a stereophotograph while
>effectively discarding its essential distinguishing feature (depth) by
>photographing a very distant subject with a normal stereobase.  You're
>really only getting dual, identical slides.  Binocular it may be, but it
>certainly isn't stereoscopic.  Faking it, as mentioned above, only
>sort-of fixes this by re-introducing some stereopsis, but only in the
>nearby object. 

I view the above and previous statements on the subject with some
reservation.  So, the only way to photograph a distant object/scene is via
hyperstereo?  Is 1.2 mm constant or minimum stereo deviation an ideal to be
achieved?

My answer:  No!  Things in life come in a wide variety. Short, long, big,
short, depthy, flat.  The scene is far away.  It is flat.  I like it and I
will take the picture.  I mount the picture behind the window and it
provides enough stereoscopic stimulus for my brain.  Objects in the
foreground enhance my feeling of  being there .  I was there.  This is what
I experienced.

I am not faking it!  I am capturing as I saw it.  I liked what I saw.  I
like what I recorded on film.

George Themelis


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