BS: Stereo (3D) photography - any interest?

Subject: RE: BS: Stereo (3D) photography - any interest?
From: Jack Campin
Date: 04 Aug 16 - 04:29 PM

I don't get the supposed incompatibility between interests in women and 3D photography. Think about what it was mostly used for in the early days (a visit to the Sex Museum in Amsterdam may be enlightening).

But you'd better like your women chubby and sepia with weird frizzy hairdos.

Subject: RE: BS: Stereo (3D) photography - any interest?
From: CupOfTea
Date: 04 Aug 16 - 02:36 PM

A friend's more updated iphone takes pictures that are an odd combination of three-d and video, while not being quite either. It seems like you are seeing a 3D object when you move your view if the picture, kind of like the online 3D map. Different technologies than old style 3D, I assume?

It would be cool to have a Viewmaster disc of familiar people and things. I can imagine some of the crazy brides I encounter wanting Wedding pics done up that way! Have photo fun anyhow,

Joanne in Cleveland

Subject: RE: BS: Stereo (3D) photography - any interest?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 04 Aug 16 - 02:16 PM

I was quite interested in View-Master when I was about ten years old in the 1950s. The View-Master photos were of excellent quality. There were also View-Master cameras available, so the public could take 3D photos in that format.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: Stereo (3D) photography - any interest?
From: Will Fly
Date: 04 Aug 16 - 01:48 PM

With me, it was music that scored over most things (except women, of course). But I've revived my interest in photography generally over the last few years.

Anyway, I've also joined the Stereoscopic Society, so am looking forward to meeting like-minded people at get-togethers in London.

Subject: RE: BS: Stereo (3D) photography - any interest?
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 04 Aug 16 - 01:26 PM

Been captivated with 3D imagery since being given a 3D [red/green] Batman comic in the early 60s.
My father who was a semi pro weekend wedding photographer owned a 3D camera for a short while
until I decided it looked like a military vehicle from Thunderbirds
and ruined it playing in the mud in the garden.

For most or my 20s to mid 30s I worked in photography in various ways [even got some qualification..],
and took keen interest in any 3D books, movies, or exhibitions I could find.

I intended sorting out my own rig with 2 nikon cameras [an FE & FE2],
but women and life got in the way...

Nowadays I just enjoy a big flat screen TV and 3D blockbuster blu-ray movies.

Subject: BS: Stereo (3D) photography - any interest?
From: Will Fly
Date: 04 Aug 16 - 12:40 PM

I've long been interested in stereo still photography and stereography generally every since I had occasional chats with a photography tutor in London called Andrew Tilberis. (I was more friendly with his younger brother, Fedon, who was a drummer, but met Andrew on a number of occasions, mainly in the pub). He used to teach stereo photography at one of the London art colleges, and showed me his stereo camera and some images on several occasions. However, though I was fascinated by the subject, I never pursued it actively myself, just buying odd book on the subject, or packs of 3D images.

Fast forward to a few months ago, when my practical interest was stimulated by seeing Brian May (Queen guitarist and astrophysicist) talking on the subject. I was fascinated to learn that he'd had an interest in the subject for many years, founded the London Stereoscopic Company, and sells packs of images plus his own designed version of the old Loreo viewer - called an Owl. The Loreo/Owl viewers are designed to view side-by-side images in a 7"x3.5" card format known as the Holmes format, after their proponent, Oliver Wendell Holmes.

By sheer coincidence, I was trawling through eBay and spotted a used Fuji Finepix W1 3D camera - with twin lenses and images, so popped in a bid and got it. The camera images can be downloaded to computer, split into their component left and right images by free software, and then adjusted and printed using a graphics program such as Pixelmator or Photoshop (Pixelmator is much cheaper!).

So, I've also acquired an owl viewer, and have printed off my first 3D images - and great fun they are.

Anyone else with an interest in this topic?