Re: [photo-3d] 3-D special "Q"

["William Carter, Ph.D." <wc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:04 PM 8/7/00 -0400, Gabriel wrote:
>... I couldn't
>understand why I could see any 3-D effect till I read William Carter's
>explanation. I've changed browswer and computers and now can't find the
>link to his web page. I don't know if he still has it up. William, where
>is it!?! :-)

In the Great Electron Cloud in the Sky :-(

> >But this begs the question: why shoot 3-d with such a lens in the first
> >place?  The 3d is not very functional.  Although the depth is there, it is
> >minimal, and it is available only "blurry," thus unable really to increase
> >"readability" of the image.

The "Q-Dos" lens did some very strange things to Jimmy Songer's original 
idea, all of which reduced the 3 D effect. Vivitar produced the lens in the 
same year that Songer's patents expired. I suspect there's a link there.

>... Michael Watter's
>book, "The Chopping Block" has a chapter on how to convert your lens to
>anaglyph 3-D.

Mike has a book out!?!
Just did a search on Amazon, but couldn't find it. Do you have any more 
information???