P3D Re: 3d DDDemographics

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On  3 Oct 98 at 22:18, Rob wrote:

> (DrT Wrote:)
> > Even now at the age of 39 I think I am the youngest active member of the
> > Ohio Stereo Photographic Society...  
> 
>     Depending on how one defines "active", I think I've got you beat by
> five years :-).
>     I first started experimenting in stereo in 1982 after seeing a
> realist format viewer and slides at a (now defunct) used camera store. I
> then started taking a few "cha-cha" stereo pictures with a 35mm Ricoh I
> had (seems funny now - then I seriously believed I was the only person in
> the world to try taking stereo pictures with one camera!).  
>     My regular-basis stereography began with the purchase of a Realist in
> December, 1984 (at 21 YOA).
>     I think there are a lot of younger stereo fans out there.  You might
> not see them at meetings because many may be intimidated with the
> formality of meetings with their emphasis on contests, and may younger
> adults work afternoon shift (as now I do :-(  )

Yeah, I still remember that. People were looking at you quite funny. I 
started 3D in 1981, at the age of 12. So I can say that I'm into 3D way 
over half of my life... The majority of 3D-people are between 50 and 60.

alex

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