P3D ISU - Cards/slides

[Richard Twichell <rmt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George writes:

>But it is not fair IMO to say that an
>entire stereoscopic organization does not recognize or favors certain
>formats and, to counterbalance, create format-limited activities when 
>it is easy to expand them to cover more formats.

I am not sure whose ox is being gored to inspire this testy 
remonstrance, but as an attendee at several ISU conventions, 
particularly Paris in '91 and Eastbourne in '93, I recall lengthy and 
varied stereo theatres with elaborate projection equipment and 
presentations, in various formats, including medium.  However, there was 
a dearth of stereocard presentations, which are a regular feature at NSA 
conventions. It just confuses the issue to talk about Stereo Theatre 
presentations featuring copies of cards.  Slides are projected, cards 
are viewed.  When one high ISU official was queried a few years ago 
about this imbalance, his reply was "We don't have cards because nobody 
is interested in cards."

George further writes:

>There is no question that
>stereo projection is a more effective way to present stereo images to a
>large group of people in a convention. 

Agreed, projection is more effective for _simultaneous_ presentation, 
but on the other hand a static display of reflective images (cards) can 
be viewed by as many people, individually, at their leisure, at their 
own pace, without conflict with other events, which is often a concern 
with scheduled projected shows.

In any event, Bill Walton is not the only stereocard enthusiast to 
applaud ISU's belated but welcome "recognition" of the Original Format!

Dick Twichell


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