P3D Re: Fiso Stereographs lenticulars

["ZEXIAN SHEN" <z.shen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 23:59:33 -0700
>From: Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: P3D Fiso Stereographs lenticulars
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>When I returned from Green Bay I found a sample lenticular
>print (roughly 4" size) from Jason Shen waiting in my mail.
>I had previously seen two large barrier print samples that
>Jason circulated for Fiso.  I must say I was astonished at
>the quality of this sample lenticular print.  I immediately
>wrote to Jason to ask what equipment took the photo, and
>how many lenses did the camera have?  (I had seen 5-lens
>and "over 15" lens images in barrier print form, and there
>was an enormous difference in the quality of those lents.)
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>Imagine my shock when Jason replied:
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>    The sample was shot by the 3 lens of the 3 D Wizard
>    camera made by Image Tech. Actually our lenticular
>    technology came from Image Tech in early 1990 but I
>    think we innovated and improved some procedures.  The
>    image is not good as a "still life" because it was
>    only 3 images interlaced.
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>There is of course noticeable flicker in the distant part
>of the scene, but I cannot get over how good this print
>looks for a simple 3 image lent.  There is no noticeable
>cardboarding, surprisingly slight layering of the depth
>effect, and the image is very sharp, not fuzzy and fake
>looking like most lenticulars I've seen (though there is
>some soft focus of the distant background).
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>Who else has seen one of these sample lents?  What
>did you think of it?  I'm still expecting to wake
>up from this dream, or to find out there was a
>misunderstanding, and the image was really shot
>with something like a 64-lens monster of a camera!  ;-)
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>Paul Talbot
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While I had circulated our barrier samples around the 3 D professionals in
the past months and got postive responses, I reconized our lenticular
technology would meet more demands of the 3 D professionals and the barrier
one would meet the demands of the advertising industries. I believe our
lenticular technology is one of the best lenticulars in the world while we
advertise it very little. I do not like to propaganda ourselves. I sent the
lenticular samples to Boris Starosta, Larry Berlin and Mike Sanders too. I
think they could make comments on our lenticular. The price of 3.5"*5"  is
around $1 and 8"*10" is around $15 after first print.

Now I have to keep some lenticular samples on hand for the photographers of
one big ad agency in Boston to understand more 3 D concepts so I could not
let every 3 D professional to keep them. If you feel you are one of
prospects to use our services, just let me know and  I would like to mail
some samples for your viewing but you have got to promise to return them to
me.

We would do our best to process  3 D professionals' artworks perfectly and
let them take more orders from their clients.

Jason Shen
Fiso Stereographs Inc.



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