If you're talking about crossing your eyes, there is an easy way to do this. Arrange the stereo pair normal to your line of vision and hold a pencil about 12 inches from your nose and focus on it. Now move it slowly either forward or backwards, which, depends on how far you have the pictures from your eyes, until they merge. After a few seconds you can take the pencil away and even move your eyes about the virtual image, which ought to occupy the white space between the pair. Make sure you have enough space between the pairs and also be sure they are aligned properly. As a rule, if the pictures are say 10 x 10 cm then you need exactly 10 cm between them. It takes a few minutes to learn to do this. Even wives with built in taciturnity can do it. The space must be white.
I hope you all had a good Christmas, Don Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "U+B Scheffler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: Re: has anyone used a pentax stereo adapter? > I only can support that. I have some pictures on my homepage > www.bienenbernd.de -> Photographie -> Stereo-Photos (the first three are > not made with the adapter). I have learned to look at pictures with the > cross-over-method so I can take prints like I usually do and don't need > slides and the viewer. But my wife has difficulties to look in that way > (maybe it is better :-) ), so I am the only one to enjoy. > > In summary to take stereo pictures stayed in an experimental state for me. > > ---> Jan, do you project your *real* stereo slides like Don said in his > mail? > > Regards, > Bernd > > > > > --------------original message----------------- > > From: Jan van Wijk > Subject: Re: has anyone used a pentax stereo adapter? > Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 04:43:36 -0800 > > > > Hi Tom, > > They work pretty well, but I agree with Leon about it being > more of a "fun" thing. > > The biggest disadvantage is that the format forces you > to use "portrait" orientation instead of "landscape". > > The stereo effect works best when there is some foreground > subject 4 to 6 feet from the camera. Too close won't work well > for your eyes, to far away lessens the stereo 'feel'. > > A big advantage on the other hand is that it uses the regular > filmformat and the slides can be mounted in ordinary frames. > > I have used it for a while on the MX with the 1.7 50mm with > great success. You can attach the stereo adapter for just a > few shots on a roll of film if you like. > > Later on I got me a real stereo camera that makes two landscape-oriented > images. It is a russion make called "FED stereo". It requires special mounts > which take a lot of work to get the slides in properly, but the results are > amazing. > > Regards, JvW > > On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 06:29:19 +1100, Leon Altoff wrote: > > > > >>I'm intrigued by these gizmos. I guess I suffered some sort of mental > damage > >>from looking through those Viewmaster things when I was a kid. How well do > >>they work? > > > >Tom, > > > >I have one and used it a bit when I got it (I haven't had time since). > >It is more a fun thing than a serious stereo photography device. It is > >good enough to get those who are interested caught and spending more > >money on stereo equipment (be warned). > > > >It works best on subject 5 to 30 feet in front of the camera and is set > >to work only with a standard lens. I've tried it on scenics, pets and > >people all with good results. It will also not work with a central > >sensor autofocus camera like the Z1p as the divide of the 2 halves is > >down the middle of the sensor. I am yet to try it with autofocus on > >the MZ-S. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery > >
