There is someone that I know (I think a listmember) that does OM
stereophotography. I loaned them all of my 135/3.5 lenses (only two at the
time), so they could match them with the two they owned and pick the best
matching pair for stereo work. They sent me an incredible bird shot using
the setup. I didn't have a viewer, but they just send me one. Haven't even
had time to try it. I'm betting the effect is spectacular.
Tom
> on 7/29/01 8:03 AM, Joel Wilcox at jdubikins@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I was presented with a stereoscope recently after mentioning to loved
ones
> > that I wished I had one. The University of Iowa press recently
published a
> > collection of stereoscope images of Iowa from the 19th and early 20th
> > centuries. In addition to portraiture, making these kinds of images kept
> > groceries on photographers' tables. I would have found that a lot more
> > interesting than portraiture -- had it lasted. But both can be like
musical
> > etudes -- studies -- through which technique is explored. Nothing wrong
> > with any sort of hack work from this point of view.
> >
> > Has anyone experimented with making images for a stereoscope?
> >
> > Joel W.
> >
>
> I've seen a setup where Olympus XA cameras (XA-2's maybe) are linked
> electrically to trigger the shutters simultaneously, then set on a bracket
> base-to-base (which gives close to the right spacing between the lenses).
> This is supposed to be a popular way to get a more modern stereo setup.
The
> old way is to get an old stereo 35mm camera from the 50's but they seem to
> go for over $200 in good shape. Two OM-1's base to base could probably be
> set on a custom bracket to the right spacing (only portrait views,
though).
> A double cable-release to trigger the picture reasonably simultaneously,
set
> exposure on both the same, same lenses... this is a Zuikoholic dream, I
> *need* two of everything!
>
> I can't figure out how to make the viewer... If you have the viewer, and
can
> get the two images (with the XA rig or an old stereo camera) I think you
> could lay them out in Photoshop and print them onto paper so you can view
a
> modern 'print' in the old viewers.
>
> It seems to me like someone could come up with a computer program to take
> two scanned images and present them as alternate frames to be viewed with
> those special LCD-shutter 3D glasses. This would be a modern stereo
viewer,
> and doing it through a computer it would seem all you would need to do is
> scan both images and dump them into the program. But don't look at me to
do
> it, I can't figure out how to us Panorama Tools after hours (!) of
trying...
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
>
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