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Subject: Re: [OM] British Television Photography
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 12:00:18 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     I went back to that Wikipedia page and the "multiple cameras" had nothing 
to do with the added sense of depth.  So, how they did that remains a mystery.  
Perhaps it was with the lighting?

>
>I know nothing of the subject but can't imagine how 2 cameras would give 
>extra depth unless you were wearing 3D glasses. :-)
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>On 2/4/2016 11:28 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>> Many, many years ago when I lived in Britain for a short period of
>> time, I couldn't happen but to notice that the television programmes
>> had an enhanced aspect of depth that was absent in American
>> television.  One of the retro channels here is broadcasting the
>> entire Avengers series in chronological order, and I'm noticing that
>> aspect once again.
>>
>> The first couple of episodes got my curiosity up as there was no
>> female character, and looking up the history of the series on
>> Wikipedia I learned that I had watched the only two remaining
>> episodes from the initial 1961 season.  Now I'm watching episodes
>> with Honor Blackman and Julie Stevens, years before Diana Rigg
>> appeared.
>>
>> Anyway, one of the things mentioned in the Wikipedia history was that
>> two cameras were used in the recording, and I'm wondering if this is
>> the method by which they got that extra sense of depth.  Anyone here
>> knowledgeable about this?
>


Chris

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