P3D viewer phobia?

[John Baird <jbaird@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi p3d!!        everyone knows the best way to show 3d to the average

person is with a slide viewer!! (small, handy, easy to fuse and provides 

a nice, bright, sharp image)!   i shoot an rbt x2 and i have several 

focusable, franka 2x2" viewers!  when i'm out shooting 3d someone almost 
always comes up and mentions what an odd looking camera i have!!  i 
explain it's a 3d camera and ask them if they'd like to see some pics 
i've taken with it???  (no one ever says no)!  then i whip out one of 
the two frankas i always carry in my 3d bag!  first, i look at it a 

moment to make sure it's focused for 20/20 vision while pointing it at 

the brightest light source available!  (i think this demonstrates to the 

person how to use it without a lot of explaination)! (if there are not 
any suitable light sources i also whip out my 4x5" light table)!  then i 

hand it to them and while they're looking at that one, i get my other 

viewer ready to hand them!  i explain that the viewer is focusable and 

ask if the image is sharp!  if the person is wearing glasses i mention 

that they could see more of the image at once if they'd take them off 

and refocus the viewer! (some do, some don't!)  about that time some 

folks start looking for the lever to change the image!!!  i explain it's 

not a viewmaster and that i have another image ready for them to view 

and hand them the second viewer!  (if there's two people interested i've 

already handed them the second viewer and then they trade)!  naturally,

i almost always get rave comments!!


ok!  here is my question!!   i find there is a tendency for folks to not 

hold the viewer close enough to thier eyes to see the whole image at 

once!!!   is there such a thing as viewer phobia???  do some folks do 

this because they fear getting an eye disease (pink eye) from the last 

person that used this viewer???  i'm very interested in hearing p3d

thoughts on this question!!!


tooDDDeloo!!   john baird!   creative stereography!   kansas city!


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