Re: [photo-3d] Vanity Mirror

["John A. Rupkalvis" <stereoscope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recall seeing the mirror-image stereo pairs in the original LIFE magazine,
in 1953.   They were scenes from some of the 3-D movies being released at
the time.

This method works quite well, and has been used on a few (very few!)
occasions by other publishers since.

Although a cheap vanity mirror works, the glass results in a secondary
"ghost" image which some people find disturbing, or at least distracting.

A front surface mirror eliminates this problem.  These are available from
Edmund Scientific and other optical suppliers, but tend to be a bit pricey.

They can also be found quite cheaply at surplus dealers in most large
cities, usually around $2 for a 5 x 7 mirror with minor chips or scratches
in the corners.

JR

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriel Jacob" <gjacob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 11:10 AM
Subject: RE: [photo-3d] Vanity Mirror


> Mark Dottle writes:
> >Harold Kaiman brought an interesting book to the OSPS meeting
> >using a long narrow septum -like mirror to view the print pairs.
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> Linda Nygren replies:
> >I believe I have seen that method used in some vintage (1950's)
> >Photography magazine articles on stereo photography
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> I remember the first time I saw this method, I was leafing through a
> Time-Life Science series book. This was about 30 years ago. I
> forget which particular title it was, but I did find it pretty
fascinating.
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> There are some recent education books that are done in this fashion.
> There are some rare web pages that are presented this way too. Isn't
> it amazing, what one can do with a simple mirror!
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> Gabriel
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