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P3D Re: new 3-D experience for other people
- From: Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: P3D Re: new 3-D experience for other people
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 16:08:52 -0800
Lincoln observes re: first time experiences showing stereo slides
to newbies:
> 1) Almost all of them hold the red button viewer up to the light, or a
> window, and then push the button. Even after I point out that they
> don't need to.
I've had some that do this. Not all. Those that do, do so
persistently.
Mike K. adds:
> If the image was taken with the camera at an angle, I'll still
> simulate the angle using the viewer. Still.
I have never had the slightest inclination to do this. I have once
or twice made a conscious effort to do so, just to see what happens,
as a result of hearing others make reference to this. When viewing
alone I almost always hold the Red Button vertically with the lenses
up and look straight down into it. I have no idea why. When viewing
at our club meetings, I tend to prop my elbows on the table and hold
the viewer close to horizontal, but still angled somewhat down.
> 2) Alot of them push the button a couple of times after looking at
> the image, and ask, "How do you get it to the next image?".
Very common.
> Although most actually turn the focussing knob, then ask the same
> thing.
Never noticed that, but I might not have observed closely enough.
> 3) Most ask what kind of special film is it.
I almost always hear "Does it take some kind of special film?"
> 4) Many say, "Wow, so you just put 2 of the same image in this viewer
> thingy, and then it looks 3-D"
Never had that one, but some ask how I made it 3D. One could not
get over for DAYS that the left and right eye views were different,
which I think she figured out on her own. Even after a live demo
of me standing part way around a corner and having her close one
eye than the other, she just couldn't understand how we see only
one single view out of the two different views that each eye sees.
> 5) The thing that bugs me, is when they say, "Can you print these out?"
Very common, and very frustrating. But I'm not sure the frequency of
this response is any different than it is in showing flattie slides.
> I find it really funny that so many people have the same reactions.
> Many of these reactions are directly related to experiences they had
> as kids looking through a viewmaster
Makes sense for 1) and 2), but I don't really see how the others
are related to ViewMaster.
Paul Talbot
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