Re: [photo-3d] Projection of MF Stereo Slides

[ThreeDeKen@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 6/18/00 3:36:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time, drt-3d@xxxxxxx 
writes:

> 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.
> 
Well put, George.  Were I attending the NSA convention in Mesa, as one who is 
just now becoming interested in the MF aspects of 3D photography (while 
retaining my continued use of my Realist), I would find a workshop in that 
application to be most interesting and informative.  Would the personal 
preferences of the instructor as to format -- expressed or implied -- affect m
y personal preference of format?  No more so than my high school English 
teacher's preference for novels affected my preference for science.  It might 
be wiser not to overestimate our power of influence on the thinking of a few 
than to deprive others of the technical knowledge that we are able to share 
for their general benefit.  
  
Shortly after buying (starting the monthly payments) this house in San Diego 
County, I attended a Landscaping class that lasted for several weeks.  During 
the course of the class, the question came up about landscaping with  
indigenous plants (an idea that I favored).  The instructor, a landscape 
contractor, emphatically protested their use, declaring them to be too 
unattractive to be practical:  I disagreed with him.  Now, several years 
later, native plants (draught resistant) are more in demand for landscaping 
than he could ever have imagined.  In this, we have a utilitarian 
practicality that changes with the La Ninas/El Ninos; and, I imagine, 
utilitarian practicalities determine, for the most part, the use of the MF 
camera or the Realist -- where one has a choice; i.e., the person taking the 
pictures will decide for himself/herself after having politely listened to 
the workshop instructor.  

Ken Villwock