P3D Re: Stereo Nomenclature

[Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 
> From: Bruce Springsteen <bsspringsteen@xxxxxxxxx>
> .........
> Speaking of Larry, I get the sense that he doesn't like the notion of
> "ortho" much in any sense of the word. 

****  I don't object to what ortho is, just how it's too often used.

> My only objections are that it
> includes the "recording" requirement, and that it is often expressed in
> terms of secondary necessities like focal length matching and IPD,
> confusing the issue.  

****  You stated the issues very well. 

> I don't, however, see a great persecution by
> ortho-zealots against those who like to view or present their views in
> non-ortho ways (like free-viewing, which Larry promotes).  

****  Sometimes the terminology and methods used in this hobby 
tends to stigmatize anything other than Orthostereoscopic. There 
doesn't need to be a *persecution* in any active sense, it's an 
ongoing situation. A beginner can get the feeling from the very 
language that some things are prohibited! Instead of getting a 
more balanced notion of the flexibility of the entire thing. 

Yes, by all means know and understand Orthostereoscopic. But learn 
about it in context. Not as an absolute requirement, but 
a guideline.

Thanks,
Larry Berlin

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