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Hand tinted Stereograph, published in USA late 1860's
Photography is a fine old art. Shortly after Photography was invented, scientist-photographers discovered Stereo Photography in their efforts to bring the new media to perfection. During the early 1900's stereo-photography encountered a boom, with a precious carved viewing apparatus being a "must-have" in every home.
This boom had but one reason: Sitting in ones living room, looking at a picture and suddenly being beamed into a different scenery, is a truly breathtaking experience.
Sadly Cinema and TV jostle the refined pastime away. Stereo Photography survived majority in strictly technical applications, where its ability of recording all three dimensions proofed indispensable.
But not for much longer: Bluebell Publishing is bringing it back!
Stereo Photography, much like standard two-dimensional photography, is capable of covering a wide range of applications. Not always, but under many circumstances Stereo Photography may prove to be the perfect solution for you imaging needs.
If you like further information:
GENERAL
Every stereoscopic image consists of two single images, taken from a slightly different angle. During viewing, each eye is presented one of these images so that the brain can perform the same processes as when looking at the physical scene. If the horizontal distance of the lenses equals the distance of the human eyes, the resulting image is ortho-scopic and appears exactly as it would be seen by the natural observer. However, by altering this distance, it is possible to generate a determined effect of adding or reducing the intensity of the third dimension. This can be very useful in certain circumstances, especially for demonstration purposes or in measurement applications.
VIEWING METHODS
The three dimensional effect is achieved by offering each eye the image it would see when looking at a physical object. Unfortunately, all practical methods of viewing stereoscopic images, require some sort of device to present each eye with only the image from only one of the two part-pictures. Fortunately, this can be achieved quite easily and stereoscopic images can be viewed on a wide range of media, including Paper Prints, Slides and on a computer or TV screen.
Anaglyphs
In the anaglyphic method, the two part-pictures are color coded and placed one on top of the other. Unfortunately, some of the original color information is lost in this process. The benefit of this being, that one single image can be viewed through a set of small, inexpensive filters and the picture can be sized as required. Anaglyphs can be printed or projected on a large screen, as both, still and motion pictures.Pairs of Stereoscopic pictures.
Viewing a pair of stereoscopic pictures requires a simple optical instrument consisting of a set of two lenses acting as prisms, to focus each eye on one of the two part-pictures. This principle can also be applied to printed images as well as to slides.Projected Pairs of Stereoscopic pictures
When projected onto a large screen, the separation is best achieved by polarized light and an corresponding eyeglass. This method is slightly more expensive in the setup, but provides high quality results with natural colors. Still and motion-picture viewing is possible with this method.
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