Stereo Photography |
I've been doing this for more than thirty-five years, and use both slide and print-pair techniques. I personally prefer slides, but find that the print technique makes it easier for others to view my work since duplicate prints and multiple viewers are much cheaper than producing duplicate slides and purchasing slide viewers. The slides, because of the magnification of viewing images, and the brilliance of the color that slides produce, are much more stunning and realistic when viewed, than are prints. |
Way back when Viewmaster commercial slide sets were on the market, I turned my attention from traditional photography to stereo photography. However, I never used this format. Instead, I settled on using the Stereo Realist camera, producing 23mm x22mm slide pairs mounted in 1 5/8in x 4in slide mounts, and viewed with Realist battery operated viewers, and also projected using a TDC Vivid 116 projector. |
The following links each cover a specific area of stereo photography which may interest you, as well as other pages of mine that may interest you: |
BRIEF HISTORY Stereo photography is a unique method of producing photographs that provides the depth of normal vision that is usually missing in most standard two-dimensional photographic work. There are two basic means of producing stereoscopic images: Slides viewed using either special viewers or projected and viewed with special stereo projectors. Unfortunately, the cameras and projectors used have not been available new since the mid 1960's, and are available only on the used camera market. We also have stereo prints, which are side-by-side pairs of photographs, which are viewed using special prismatic viewers, or by an easily learned technique called "free-viewing". There are old antique cameras from the 1860's available on the used camera market, as well as new cameras available from specialty dealers, that produce stereo print pairs in many sizes. |
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DR. ROBERT A. METZ THE SPINEMAN Created 2/18/99 |
This page was last updated on: August 29, 1999
If you are interested in Stereo Photography, consider joining the American Stereoscopic Association. (you can get the address from Reel 3-D |
The following links wil provide you with sources of information on available films, cameras, viewers, supplies, and accessories, as well as articles on techniques that can be used for stereo, standard photography, and digital techniques. There are, of course, many other resources available, but I am familiar with these, and pleased with the results I have obtained. |
