RE: [photo-3d] Scans from a ViewMaster Reel

["Gabriel Jacob" <gjacob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The scan Dr Dave took on his Epson 1640 has lots of nice detail.
>I've tried scanning VM reels on my Epson 1200, and I can see that
>the 1640 yields a much sharper image.  Jim Harp

Another way that has given me very good results is by using a 
digital camera and a low power microscope. The neat thing is
I can also crop the image by zooming in with the microscope.

Another similar method which works well is to couple the digital
camera with a loupe or even a viewmaster viewer. I've noticed
that you usually need a digital camera that has a zoom and it
also helps if the lens on the digital camera is not too big.

Many years ago I had done similar copying using a videocamera
and Snappy! The quality is not up to par to today's standards 
but it worked surprisingly well for it's day! Examples (cross
eyed stereo pairs) of this can still be found at,
http://www.generation.net/~jacob/tintin.jpg
http://www.generation.net/~jacob/lost.jpg

P.S. If you have anaglyph glasses, there is also some cool 
anaglyph images of VM reels floating off you screen! There is
a small and large version. Check them out at,
http://www.generation.net/~jacob/vm_reel_small.gif 
http://www.generation.net/~jacob/vm_reel_big.gif


Home of the WWWorld's largest Viewmaster reel!
http://www.generation.net/~jacob/vm400.jpg

Gabriel


 

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