Re: [photo-3d] Panoramic 3d viewing.

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Richard wrote:
> I'll probably wait till the financial dust settles and go with the
> Saturn Viewer.  I am currently awaiting the arrival of a bouncing
> baby RBTX4BN (May?) and am thinking about the addition of the Macro.
> The image size of the XPan is 14 perfs, and I am reluctant to cut
> them down to eight.

A XPAN and a couple of RBTs!  I think you could have gotten one of the
Gilden(sp?) or Japanese MF stereo cameras for about that much.

You can always start mounting them in the RMM panoramic mounts and get
the viewer later.  I used a variety of fold up viewers and Lorgnette
viewers with a 4x5 light table before getting my SaturnSlide viewer.

Cutting the film down was a joke.  If you were going to cut down to 8
perf you might as well just use a normal 35mm camera.

> I currently am moving the entire tripod.  I shot 10 pics of lower
> Manhattan, spacing each picture 5 feet apart using the
> "move-the-tripod" method, so I could study the effect. Interesting.

Here's an idea for keeping the camera aligned when you move it. Take a
string with you and tie it to two stationary objects near the camera
position.  When you set the camera up for the first shot align the
camera back so that it just touches the string without moving it.
Take the first exposure and move the tripod.  Now realign the camera
back with the string and take the second exposure.

Do you work or live in the NYC area?  If so you should try and drop by
the Third Friday Stereo Dinner that Tom Deering hosts each month.

I work in the Wall Street area.  I've only been down here since
December (Wow, four months already!) after working uptown for a bunch
of years.  I haven't had a chance to do any stereo downtown yet, but I
plan on dragging the various cameras into the office as the weather
gets warmer.

> Been scanning the prints in with a film scanner and printing 4x10
> over-unders and 6x16 anaglyphs. They aren't bad, but I miss viewing
> transparancies.

I've been thinking about doing 4x10 over and unders by contact
printing 8x10 negatives.  Unfortunately 8x10 cameras with a lot of
back rise aren't readily available or really portable.  My other idea
is a stereo pinhole box camera with a View Magic over and under viewer
behind the pinholes in order to provide the proper image positioning.
I'd need to get a bunch more equipment to try this (a large changing
tent and a few 8x10 film holders) so I'm trying to work out the theory
and make sure it would work before committing to building anything.

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