[photo-3d] Re: 3rd Friday Dinner report

["Tom Deering" <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gee, I sure am disappoint to have missed the Stereo Dinner last week.  It sounds like it was 
incredible.  You guys must have nearly filled that banquet area that we usually use.  And 
Sheldon and David were there?  Dang!

(My hat is off to Jim for his write-up, and for the great images he brings every month.  Jim is a 
gifted stereo photographer who enjoys several different stereo formats.  And the fact that he 
travels a fair bit is a boon to those who appreciate his fine stereo views and slides.)

I was as surprised as anyone to hear my dolphin animation was shown.  Pat found it on her 
laptop and brought it along.  I created the animation to be shown at a workshop I gave in 
Phoenix, but that showing was nixed by a surly attendee.  It was a great deal of work.  It dulls 
my disappointment to hear that it received a warm reception at the dinner.

I will bring some other stereo animations and videos next month, when the 3rd Friday Stereo 
Dinner is held September 15.  They will be shown in both anaglyph and full-color interleaved 
format.

One of the nicest things about the Stereo Dinner is that it is rather intimate.  With fewer than a 
dozen participants, it's easy to hear and be heard.  You can't be left out.  Plus, we are fortunate 
to regularly attract some of the most talented and technically proficient stereo photographers 
from the NYC area.  

Thanks to Jim, John, and Brian for another great dinner.

Cordially,

Tom Deering


--- In photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Jim Harp" wrote:

> > Can anyone give a report?
> 
> It was indeed a blast - wish you could have been there.  Our special guest
> David Burder showed up with the 12 lens Nimslo I mentioned earlier, and some
> beautiful lenticulars including one enlarged to about 3 feet square.
> Sheldon had the new Realist Macro camera and some sample slides.  I never
> realized what a fascinating 3D subject the human nose is.  The newly minted
> Macro Realist is a marvelous bit of engineering.  I was interested to see
> that the new shutter is in front of the two lenses.  The automatic flash
> that comes with the camera does all the work in terms of exposure- there are
> metal pins that act as guides for where the subject matter should be
> positioned, and otherwise it's a "point and shoot" operation.  I want one!
> There were about 12 of us there passing around William's (sorry - I didn't
> catch the last name) beautiful Medium Format Sputnik slides of circus
> elephants and tall ships and John Billingham's stunning MF slide-bar macro
> shots.  There were also plenty of nice Realist format and twin 35mm slides.
> I got some insight into how to improve my twin SLR mirror close-up rig
> thanks to Brian Reynolds and John B.  We concluded that when properly
> aligned this setup won't produce keystone distortion.  We all had a chance
> to enjoy the computer modeled swimming dolphins animated analglyph, thanks
> to Pat graciously bringing over a lap-top, and to top it off, Burder had a
> lenticular printed stereocard which flipped between two different vintage
> views depending on what angle you held it at. (!!!) It was like a three hour
> NSA convention - let's do it again soon... (the third Friday of September is
> the 15th)  Jim Harp