Re: [photo-3d] projectors/2x2/R-format/stereo window

[Mike Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Dr. George A. Themelis" wrote:
> 
> >Don't know if it's me (my eyes seem to adapt to most anything)
> >or maybe just luck, but so far I've found just putting the
> >store mounted  2x2 slides
> >(taken with an RBT X3B) into the 2x2 viewer looks
> >great 80% of the time, and 20% "obviously" need some cropping and/or
> >significant mounting-to-window (way I do it) work.  Could a good number
> >of the 80% be made better with remounting?  Sure, but if the closest
> >item is a few feet behind the window instead of right up to it,
> >it's still a pretty good 3D image.
> 
> I am puzzled by this statement... My understanding is that
> only the RBT "A" cameras (65mm lens spacing) have a built-in
> stereo window.  The "B" models (75mm spacing) as well as the
> RBT S1 and ANY twin camera setup with parallel lenses, have
> the window at infinity, or, as Paul said, essentially no

Quite right.  Have you had your S1 slides mounted by the
processing shop, then just dropped them into your Comby set in
2x2 mode?  Did they make your eyes get stressed out beyond
belief (like they might if projected)?  Or could you
look at them just fine, and enjoy the remembrance of 
the scene in 3D, even window's edge looks funny?  Can
one enjoy a masterpiece painting even if it's frame has
flaking paint and has rusty nails?  I say yes indeed!

> window built-in.  Every object should be in front of the
> stereo window in the "factory" mounted slides. How do you
> get 80% of the slides looking great?  The closest object
> is not "right up to it" but in front of "it".  The 3d effect
> is still there but somewhat compromised.  How much compromised
> it depends on individual standards.  It appears not to be
> very important for you.  But for myself (and Paul too) the
> stereo window is an important aspect of the final image.

I enjoy good food.  I think that high quality farm-fresh
vegetables and fruits are superb and I enjoy them.  The
haydn mangos off my grandmother's trees in Hawaii were magnificent.
I very much enjoy high quality gourmet food as well.  But can I
enjoy a BBQ'd burger and love it?  You bet.  Do I serve
burgers to guests outside the immediate family?  No, I don't.
Should I feel guilty about eating food of so much less quality
than I *could* produce?  I say no.

Dropping those 2x2's into my Comby viewer is something I
find enjoyable.  Most are, IMO, extremely nice and extremely
good (especially if family is in in the picture) to look at.

With "no" labor involved, I can look at them all enough to
enjoy them.  Only a small subset will be remounted and/or
cropped to perfection, vast majority will stay in their
current "factory" state (recall, 576 stereo pairs in less than
a week, not up to your production but still good for me).

> "Factory" mounted 2x2 slides are OK for previewing but not
> to fully enjoy or show to others, IMO.

I think they should be fully enjoyed, then later when the
better ones are remounted, enjoyed even more.

Mike K.


> 
> George Themelis