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10:36 pm
3/22/03

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After many adventures today involving apartment-hunting, running into Cincinnati's finest chef at the farm market, and watching the steamboats, I did some antique shopping and discovered a little cache of stereograph views of Russia in 1902, of all things. They're just beautiful. I need a stereo viewer so I can look at these in 3D.
- Gallery of Paintings in the Hermitage, St Petersberg
- Bust of Catherine II in the Hermitage
- Temple of Our Savior, Largest and Most Magnificent Church in Moscow
- Gallery of Modern Sculpture, the Hermitage
- Mockwa River and Moscow from the East
- Great Imperial Palace and Treasury in the Kremlin
- In the Old Clothes Market, Moscow, Russia
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On March 22nd, 2003 10:07 pm (UTC), [info]mahto commented:
Awesome. :) I envy.
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On March 23rd, 2003 09:21 am (UTC), [info]sethm commented:
Mmmm... that's one thing I haven't done enough of so far, antiquing. New England is famous for its little antique shacks, and that's exactly the kind of stuff I like to look for. I ignore the glass, the furniture, the dolls, the lamps, and go straight for the ephemera. It's the best.

You should come out and visit one last time before summer hits, and we can go antiquing out in Western Massachusetts, where the wild things are!

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On March 24th, 2003 11:42 am (UTC), an anonymous reader commented:
No 3D viewer needed
Quick FYI: you don't need a 3D-viewer to see these shots in 3D. Actually, I was able to view them just fine using the cross-eye technique: sitting about arm's length from the monitor, gently cross your eyes so the two images overlap; hold your gaze and allow your eyes to "relax" into focus. It may take a little practice, but I was quickly able to see the 3D effect of the paired images this way, right onscreen.

HTH,
DH.
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On March 25th, 2003 06:17 pm (UTC), an anonymous reader replied:
Re: No 3D viewer needed
Actually, to do what you say, you need to swap the images, putting the left-eye perspective on the right. Otherwise, you will get inverted 3D ("pseudoscopic") and it will look strange indeed. Happily, this is easy enough to do with digital editing.
Here's some examples I have posted:
http://www.thecia.net/users/hamilton/stereo/

Another neat trick you can do is to create an anaglyph image for viewing with red/blue 3D glasses, for example:
http://www.thecia.net/users/hamilton/anag3.html

Vintage 3D is mucho cool, I think.

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On March 25th, 2003 06:28 pm (UTC), an anonymous reader replied:
Re: No 3D viewer needed
I should have added that, if indeed you are seeing correct 3D, you are not *crossing* your eyes but *diverging* them. This parallel viewing can be done, but it is not as easy for everyone as it is for some. I have only envy for those who can accomplish such ocular acrobatics!
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On March 25th, 2003 07:23 pm (UTC), [info]teko replied:
Re: No 3D viewer needed
"Free-viewing" stereo views takes practice. I grew up with stereo views everywhere; my dad's collected them my whole life, and makes his own. Yes, my childhood vacation photos are in 3D!

I learned how to view them by diverging my eyes early on... it's just like when you put your index fingers in front of your eyes and move them in & out to create a third 'floating finger' between them. If you make your eyes do that with a stereo pair, you can see the merged image in 3D. I'm very out of practice, though.

Here's some info on free-viewing, and here's a place that sells stereo viewing aids.

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