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P3D Re: A few good men..., Fatous Formula


  • From: fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr. George A. Themelis)
  • Subject: P3D Re: A few good men..., Fatous Formula
  • Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 11:38:52 -0400 (EDT)

>Fatous Formula? (Wait for my great Wizzard Storm against it). 

I am losing you Abram... What does Fatous mean?  Big?  Long?  Fat?
What great Wizzard Storm???

Also, you mentioned using more than one Stereo Cameras.  Would you
mind telling us more about your cameras and the cameras that
stereo enthusiasts use over there (Netherlands, right?)

>"(...) unless we require an increased relief for some special 
>purpose, landscapes and buildings should be taken with the
>normal binocular camera, that is, with its lenses 2 1/2 inches
>distant. Scenery of every kind, whether of the picturesque,
>or of the sublime, cannot be made more beautiful or grand
>than it is when seen by the traveller himself. To add an
>artificial relief is but a trick which may startle the vulgar,
>but cannot gratify the lover of what is true in nature and
>in art."

Fascinating quotation by Sir David Brewster.  I guess these same 
issues were debated almost 150 years ago!

Regards -- George Themelis


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