P3D Re: Realist a P&S?

[jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gabriel Jacob)]

Andrea Blair originally wrote:
>The manual stereo camera has no advantage over a manual single
>image camera in any respect other than it takes two images 
>at once. They can both be pre-set exactly the same for a "P&S" 
>situation, including hyperfocal distance.<<<< 

Gabriel Jacob writes:
>No one said otherwise!

Andrea Blair replies:
>Well, actually, someone did! I have printed Bob Aldridge's original 
>statement that prompted my reply listed above. This is what I was 
>disagreeing with. I don't think the stereo camera becomes any more of a 
>P&S than a manual camera, as you can set the hyperfocal distance on a 
>manual single frame camera, too. They are the same (well, except for 
>those two lenses!).

Andrea Blair quotes Bob Aldrige's original quote: (phew!) ;-)
>Bob Aldridge wrote: BUT in the Stereo arena - for normal "snapshot" 
>situations, the stereo camera becomes more point-and-shoot than it's 
>flat counterpart, and that is in the area of FOCUS. Set the hyperfocal 
>distance AND LEAVE IT THERE.

I think Bob A. meant the stereo camera is more a P&S than the flat
counterpart because in 3-D photography we can set it on the
hyperfocal distance and leave it there. In 2-D photography it is
more common to re-focus, thus because of the differing practises
between 2-D and 3-D, a 3-D camera lends itself better to P&S. Of
course this has nothing to do with the mechanical construction of
flat and stereo cameras.

Gabriel


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