Topic 31 of 69: 3-D Photography
Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (14:07) |
Alexander Schuth (aschuth)
This is actually really a vintage topic. Way before movies, there was stereo-photography, which - with a special viewer - would let you see scenes threedimensionally. This survived till today as child's toy... There are many variations of this technology (which also might interest general photography or dead media appreciators).
In the late twentieth century, the holographic fotography was developed, which allows to see a scene threedimensionally from a flat, twodimensional medium WITHOUT any special viewer or projector.
15 responses total.
Topic 31 of 69 [collecting]: 3-D Photography
Response 1 of 15: Marcia (MarciaH) * Wed, Aug 11, 1999 (15:53) * 1 lines
If you are familiar with the Stereo Realist cameras, you will know about the film strips they took. I have a good-sized collection of these which were sold under the trade name Tru Vues and were coiled into little sleeves and then in boxes. My little ones are stored in specially-made fitted boxes which holds the viewer and the films.
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Response 2 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (04:47) * 13 lines
That's what I have a Stereo Realist 3D camera. I got a viewer also. I
was inspired by a visit to a couples Baylor Street house in Austin, they
have literally tens of thousands of stunning 3d slides from all over the
world, they showed us several hundred from India. I was introduced to
them by the itinerant artist, Letitia Etheridge. It is on temporary loan
to my cottage caretaker, Les Warren. He does photography shows around
central Texas and I'm hoping he'll do some nature shots around the cottage
out in Cedar Creek. I may do some shots soon, as well. I would imagine
you could post these on the web and folks could view them somehow.
Do you, Marcia, know of any websites sporting 3d pictures?
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Response 3 of 15: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (05:44) * 1 lines
Here, in Europe, used and new russian stereo photography equipment is available of fleamarkets - there's even a stereo-projector, but you need special glasses to look through...
Topic 31 of 69 [collecting]: 3-D Photography
Response 4 of 15: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (19:05) * 1 lines
Terry, Not off-hand, but I will be delighted to hunt some for you as I have lots more time for that sort of thing than you have. I will post my results ASAP.
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Response 5 of 15: Marcia (MarciaH) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (19:42) * 10 lines
Found a bunch, but not sure if these are what you need:
Loads of Links here:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Photography/3_D/Exhibits/
lots of links with this one
http://www.midcoast.com/~nlund/photo.html
this is a guy's gallery
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/okuyuki/stereo/index_e.htm
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Response 6 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Aug 12, 1999 (22:39) * 3 lines
Great I will check them all out and comment after I've done so. Super!
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Response 7 of 15: Conf admin (cfadm) * Mon, Jan 31, 2005 (04:01) * 21 lines
Try this site out for size.
http://www.3dphoto.net/stereo/stereo.html
The photos on this site are primarily in a format that requires cross-eyed viewing. It sounds worse than it is, and most people can view 3D pictures in this way (unless you have been cross-eyed before or have some other handicap involving one of your eyes). Some people need more time than others to perfect the mechanism, but once you have done so, it is really easy to do. There are, however, other ways to view many of the images on this site- the Anyview Photos, which make up about 1/3 of this site.
Free-Vision Fusion (Cross-eyed method)
This technique has the advantage of not requiring special viewing equipment. Fusion is the term used for the process for visually merging the left-eye image and the right-eye image into a single 3-dimensional image. When using a viewer, most of the work of achieving the needed abnormal convergence for stereo viewing is done by the optics and design of the stereo viewer.
Free-vision fusion requires patience and practice because your willpower and eyes must do the work of the stereo viewer. You must be able to focus where your eyes aren't looking.
Place the image in Figure 1 in the center of your screen.
Sit at your normal distance.
Slowly cross your eyes. You will see a double image, or four dots.
Continue to cross until the middle two images overlap.
Adjust focus on middle image, keeping the two images overlapped.
You should see the blue circle floating above the black circle.
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Response 8 of 15: Conf admin (cfadm) * Mon, Jan 31, 2005 (04:06) * 6 lines
Remember to stare at this picture and let the two pictures float together.
Topic 31 of 69 [collecting]: 3-D Photography
Response 9 of 15: Conf admin (cfadm) * Mon, Jan 31, 2005 (04:07) * 4 lines
Ready to go to Mars. Try this.
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Response 10 of 15: Conf admin (cfadm) * Mon, Jan 31, 2005 (04:11) * 46 lines
Section 1 - 3-D DDDealers
Dr. T - http://home.att.net/~drt-3d
Ray Zone - www.ray3dzone.com
Jon Golden - 3-D Concepts - www.make3dimages.com
Ron Labbe - Studio 3-D - www.studio3d.com
Dalia Miller - www.3dstereo.com
Steve Berezin - www.berezin.com/3d
Rocky Mountain Memories - www.rmm3d.com
3D Development Company - www.representatives.com/3d
Antique Photographica - www.stereographica.com/
Widescreen Centre UK - www.widescreen-centre.co.uk/
Stereo Photo World UK - www.stereophotoworld.com/
John Craig - www.craigcamera.com
Section 2 - 3DDD Resources
www.stereoscopy.com/reel3d/faq.html - Reel 3-D's own Question and Answer Page - Still a great resource to answer your 3-D questions. If you have a question, this is a good place to start!!!
www.stereoscopy.com - Your first stop for a great all around 3-D resource site! Lots of information about 3-D, 3-D news, 3-D resources, 3-D Clubs, and even downloads of 3-D software! Also see www.stereoscopy.com/links/ for links to other 3-D web sites.
www.isu3d.org/ - The web site of the International Stereoscopic Union (worthy of belonging to just to receive their excellent periodical)
www.stereoview.org - The web site of the National Stereoscopic Association (If you only belong to ONE 3-D organization, we suggest this one, at least. Their publication STEREO WORLD is well worth the price of membership! Don't miss us at the annual 3-D convention..)
www.stereorealist.com - A good site for Stereo Realist fans, and other stereo information
www.cinti.net/~vmmasell/ - The View-Master hobbyists web site
www.dddesign.com/3dbydan/3dlinks/default.htm - Dan Shelley's 3-D Links Page. Very extensive!
www.rollanet.org/~vbeydler/van/3dlinks.htm - Stereo 3-D Images 3-D Links Page
www.stereoeye.jp/ - A Japanese 3-D web site by Takashi Sekitani, Japan
www.jim3dlong.com/ - See mind boggling conversions to 3-D of classic and contemporary art - just the way you always imagined it -- in Depth! Includes conversions of Rembrandt, Vermeer, Botticelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, Albrecht Durer, Jan van Eyck, and much more. Art History in 3-D!
http://home.earthlink.net/~pgwhacker/APEC/apec.html - The Amateur Photographic Exchange Club. They claim to be "the world's only (as far was we know) stereo photography (3D photography) exchange club". Lots of interesting info and links!
www.johnsonshawmuseum.org/ - Trust us. A great site for historic stereo views and information.
www.stereoscopicsociety.org.uk/ - We've been members of the Stereoscopic Society in the UK since 1983. The publish a superbly done Journal, and host a wonderful annual convention in the UK every year. If you live near London they also have monthly meetings!
www.stereo3d.com - They list themselves as "The independent 3D and Virtual Reality resource!" Many links on this site seem to have gone out of date, but still a very interesting site for information.
from the now defunct http://www.stereoscopy.com/reel3d/
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Response 11 of 15: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Jan 31, 2005 (18:07) * 1 lines
these are cool. having trouble viewing because i'm not sure if i'm supposed to look at them like the magic eye stereo pictures (where the picture can't be seen unless you unfocus your eyes)
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Response 12 of 15: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Feb 1, 2005 (08:30) * 1 lines
You have to unfocus your eyes.
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Response 13 of 15: Marcia (MarciaH) * Mon, Oct 17, 2005 (19:47) * 1 lines
my ex could transpose church towers onto other buildings by "unfocusing" his eyes. I never got the hang of it. I also never saw anything in those digital art posters with hidden objects you can see if you unfocus your eyes.
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Response 14 of 15: Wolf (wolf) * Mon, Oct 17, 2005 (21:35) * 1 lines
i've been seeing things unfocusing my eyes since i was little and thought i had powers *grin*
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Response 15 of 15: Conf admin (cfadm) * Fri, Mar 31, 2006 (20:08) * 1 lines
Supergirl.
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