P3D Re Binocular Viewmaster viewer

[Peter Homer <P.J.Homer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ron Beck in digest 3069 Fri, 13 Nov wrote under the title always on the lookout

>However, the real reason for this message is what I found at our local
>Target store.  They had a nice Viewmaster display with some new reel
>packets.  But, the most interesting item was the binocular viewer they
>had.  It had a knob you could turn to flip between binoculars and reel
>viewing.  And it appears that the interocular distance is smaller and
>better fits kids.  It has Discovery Channel advertising and there's a
>choice of three or four different reel sets that come with it (such as
>dinosaurs or undersea, etc...).  Price was $14.99 and will probably be
>included under our Christmas tree.

This is interesting as I have had an idea for some time of combining a
stereoscope with binoculars but with both views in view at the same time.
The idea being to use it to identify the exact location that an old stereo
view was taken from. Perhaps with zoom facility in the binocular part to
reduce the amount of movement needed in one plane to find the exact spot.
Then use the device to take a new stereo view coupled to a camera for "Then
and Now" comparison. Although there would probably be problems getting old
views an those taken with a zoom to match. Perhaps the the above device
could be modified to test out the idea .     P.J.Homer




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