[photo-3d] Stereo3d Factory meets Vanity Mirror

[Harold Kaiman <hkaiman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

When people that I know and respect for their involvement in 3D comment on 
my participation in a subject of which they are much more knowledgeable than I,

I feel that I would like to contribute, too.
   Yes, I did show my copy of 3D Human Body by Richard Walker (published by 
DK Publishing
...http://usstore.dk.com/shop/shared/product.asp?ISBN=0789442795...)
at the October meeting of the OSPS and it seemed that many folks enjoyed it.  
    After reading Marks photographic explanation of how to produce a reversed
image
of one half of a stereo pair, it occurred to me that 3dStereo Image Factory
Plus could 
do the same thing.  So I tried it and it seems to work. So I now have a way to
create
email images and printouts that can be viewed in 3d by using a mirror instead
of colored 
glasses, stereo viewers or depending on someone's ability to free view.
    An example of my first attempt can be found at:
http://www.egroups.com/files/photo-3d/mirror+images/
Comments are welcome.
Harold Kaiman
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Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 13:29:43 -0400 (EDT)
>    From: markaren@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Vanity Mirror
>
> Harold Kaiman brought an interesting book to the OSPS meeting using a
> long narrow septum -like mirror to view the print pairs. I experimented
> with this to view pairs using a regular hand -held vanity mirror and it
> works great! This will certainly drive your favorite mini-lab crazy, but
> the use of a stereo viewer and /or freeviewing is not necessary. Make a
> print of the left image normally. Now flip the negative backwards and
> print the right image. ( not upside down, but flip the emulsion side
> over). Place the images side by side like a holmes style pair. Turn the
> mirror on edge, mirrored side to your left, and place the edge of the
> mirror against your nose. The mirror becomes the septum. The right eye
> looks directly at the right image, while the left eye looks into the
> mirror observing the left print reflection. You may have to align the
> prints and experiment with distance etc. If you mounted the mirror on a
> home made stand and mounted  your prints properly, you would get
> consistently good results.
> WARNING: I have the luxury to experiment with print machines. Your local
> lab may not be as excited. :-) You would most likely have to order the
> left side reprints first ( by each frame #) Then request a later order
> for the backward prints ( again by frame #) You'll save $$ avoiding
> stereo viewers but make enemies at the local lab. :-) I just found the
> idea very interesting and plan to construct such a mirror devise.
>                                            Mark Dottle
>
>
> http://community.webtv.net/markaren/USVIEWSExchangeFolio
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 Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 12:38:04 -0500
   From: Linda Nygren <lnygren@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Vanity Mirror

I believe I have seen that method used in some vintage (1950's)
Photography magazine articles on stereo photography, where they printed
stereo images this way assuming that readers could view them at home
with a mirror and then they didn't have to deal with viewer or
freeviewing issues. -Linda



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