P3D Re: Faking it? No!

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

>I'll go so
>far as to point out that this is something which has been derided as
>"quackery" by folks on this list when it was being done digitally on
>someone's Web page from monoscopic image.  Does doing it on film with a
>stereo camera somehow legitimize it?

Well... I do think that you went just a little bit too far here... :-)
I look out of my window at a distant scene.  Do I accuse nature for 
cheating because I don't see depth with both eyes?  Did I tell anyone 
that there is supposed to be depth within the distant scene?  Did I 
present an image that could have had depth (like a portrait) in 
plain 2D and behind the window?

Should we remove the medals from slides that have won awards in PSA
stereo competitions when it is clear that it is a 2D scene?  (I have 
seen a few of those).

I like to take pictures from raised areas.  "Overview" pictures if you 
like.  I go up fairy wheels just to shoot a picture from the top.
That's what I like and there is no way to feel guity for that and no one
can tell me to take it in 2D to save film.

Also, I am not claiming that I will take EVERY DARN flat scene in 3D but
only the ones I like.  I enjoy using my Realist viewer.  I am more
obervant when I use both eyes and I get much more enjoyment from these
pictures than a flat print (slides is even worse).

I still take 2D pictures (usually of my family or people) but I don't 
remember when was the last time I shot a scenic view in 2D.

George Themelis


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