P3D Re: twinning panoramics

[Dan Vint <dvint@xxxxxxxx>]

I was mainly planning on just scanning the images and presenting on the
website for now. If it worked and worked well, then I would be in trouble
trying to find some sort of viewer for either the slides or prints from them.

It seems that I saw someone at the Richmond NSA show with a viewer showing
at least 6x12 images - I don't remember who or what viewer was being used.

..dan

At 11:31 PM 3/1/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Danny Vint wrote:
>>I have a Noblex 6x17 camera. This shoots a panoramic (~140 degree) view
>by
>>swinging the lens and projecting onto a negative that is curved
>instead of
>>flat in a normal camera. That is the filmplane follows the same
>diameter
>>curve as the lens swings.
>
>>Any guesses at how well it will work for stereo? I'm going to give it a
>try
>>in the next few weeks, but I was curious what the collective wisdom
>might
>>say about trying this. What sorts of distortion (headaches) this would
>>cause as you try to look at something in the center or straight ahead
>in a
>>normal camera, while the edges will be like turning your head and
>looking
>>in the direction of the edges? It seems like there might be some
>strange
>>stereo effects there.
>
>I am curious what type of viewing devise you are planning to use for a
>pair of 6x17 images. An over/under viewer such as the ViewMagic would
>work, but would not do justice. Verticals may be interesting and could
>be viewed more easily.
>I have had great success with a pair of Horizon 202's on a bar with a
>double cable release. Then mounting the images in panoramic mounts for
>medium format viewers. The swinging lens doesn't appear to create any
>uncomfortable viewing situation except for when I tried to do close-ups
>of a few feet distance (using a home-made +1 close-up lens). In that
>case I used a single camera on a slide bar. The images were fine in the
>center, but were distorted on the sides. My theory is that the camera is
>swinging into the scene rather than parallel to it. It would be like
>placing one camera behind and to the side of the other.
>
>RDS
>
>

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