[photo-3d] Re: Digital Revolution

["John Goodman" <jgood@xxxxxxxx>]

Fred Sole wrote:

> ...doing digital is not my idea of a convinient system of
> photography. 

Not to be a contrarian, but a recent Coolpix or equivalent 
digital camera and a slide bar in skilled hands (such as John 
Billingham's) can yield extremely nice stereo pics, at the very 
least quite satisfying for Internet display. Take a look at the best 
of the informal stereoview exchanges at

http://www.egroups.com/files/3D-StereoviewXchange/Member+Favorites/

(sorry if the URL wraps or you have to sign up to view)

> I ccan buy bucketloads of good quality hi-resolution film for
> the price of one good flash-card. 

But the price of matchbook-sized hard disks with about a 
gigabyte capacity can only go down... Granted that the latest 
greatest technology isn't cheap, but the bar is rising at an 
exciting rate and bang for the buck can only get better and 
better.

> But, given the nature of the polaroid system, we won't lose
> anything with its dissapearance. 

But there are the large format Polaroid cameras (20" x 24"?!) 
that are supposed to be out of this world. These cost a pretty 
penny to use or rent, but the results are supposed to be worth 
every penny.  :>)

John Goodman
http://www.3-dviews.com