P3D Re Stereo Kaleidoscopes

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

Lary Berlin wrote

>
>Match a human interocular to the existing close viewpoints and you
>have a stereo kaleidoscope.
>
>I suppose that fiber optics might provide a potential solution,
>but I have no expertise on optics for fiber optics. I know they
>are small, but how hard is it to look through them with human
>eyes? Anyone work with this stuff?

I believe you can look through fibre optic endoscopes as well as take
photographs through them but they are expense as every fibre has to
maintain its position along the length of the endoscope I have often
wondered about using them for close up stereo because of the potential for
variable close stereo bases. Also straight endoscopes are increasingly used
for close ups in natural history films as they give great depth of field.
Perhaps mirrors or prisms could be used to reduce the interocular as with a
stereo microscope or the Pentax beamsplitter viewer I think I will give
that a try next.       P.J.Homer