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[photo-3d] MF Stereo Slide Viewers


  • From: Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: [photo-3d] MF Stereo Slide Viewers
  • Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 19:30:47 -0400

At 05:57 PM 6/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Tom Deering wrote:
>
>>I do find that 5perf and 2x2 shooters get touchy when you compare 
>>formats.  
>
>Especially when you use phrases like "it will bring tears to
>your eyes", etc., implying that MF is the only way to go and 
>anything else (smaller) is inferior and a waste of time.  I am 
>not saying that you or anyone else specifically said the above
>but this is implied in a lot of the hype around this format.
>
>>I'm not going to repeat my MF workshop this year to 
>>eliminate the misperception that I'm blasting other formats.
>
>I think you can give your workshop without emphasizing the
>superiority of this format over others. You can explain to 
>people what MF format is, how to get equipment, how to mount 
>slides, etc., all very useful for these who want to get 
>started in MF.  You can show them slides in a viewer or
>in projection.  Put the emphasis on how to work in this
>format, not on why you should switch from other formats. 
>Be technical, not religious about it.
>
>George
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All this talk about MF got me to thinking. It's been mentioned
how hard/hassle it is to project MF slides and that there are
not that many MF viewers. Sorry to ask the obvious, but why
not use stereo print viewers to view them? One can adapt a
Holmes viewer and just put a housing on it.

Gabriel