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Mid-Century 35 mm Filmstrip Stereo Viewers
November 5, 2020

Mid-Century 35 mm Filmstrip Stereo Viewers

3D film­strip view­ers are a fam­i­ly of stereo view­ers that gained promi­nence in the ear­ly 20th cen­tu­ry. In fact, it was a small film­strip view­er called Tru-Vue that re-intro­duced 3D view­ing as a mid-cen­tu­ry pas­time, made it more afford­able than ear­li­er stere­o­scope sets, and paved the way in the hearts and minds of con­sumers for the pop­u­lar 3D reel & card view­ers that would come lat­er. For this rea­son, Tru-Vue has often been called “the miss­ing link” in stere­oscopy. Explore some of the most inter­est­ing film­strip stereo view­ers here.

Collecting, History, Stereoscopes
Restoring Stereoscopic Antiques
November 1, 2020

Restoring Stereoscopic Antiques

When con­sid­er­ing restora­tion, I always ask myself one very sim­ple ques­tion: What would this stere­o­scope look like today if it had nev­er dis­ap­peared from its own­er’s liv­ing room, but had been cher­ished and cared for con­tin­u­ous­ly for over 100 years?

Collecting, Stereoscopes
Multi-Frame 3D Photography
November 1, 2020

Multi-Frame 3D Photography

Lentic­u­lar pho­tographs can be viewed the same way as ordi­nary pho­tos, but they show the added dimen­sion of depth. No stere­o­scope or 3D glass­es are required for view­ing. This ease of view­ing is the biggest ben­e­fit of the lentic­u­lar print. By adding more than two view­points, the prints are eas­i­ly viewed from a vari­ety of posi­tions and angles.

Taking stereo photos
Negative Notions: Proper digitization of stereoscopic negatives for parallel viewing
October 6, 2020

Negative Notions: Proper digitization of stereoscopic negatives for parallel viewing

Stereo­scop­ic neg­a­tives are, by nature of their cre­ation, trick­i­er drag­ons to con­quer than are those made by tra­di­tion­al two-dimen­sion­al cam­eras. They are vicious chimeras, prod­ucts of dis­tinct pho­to­graph­ic and stere­o­graph­ic process­es, and dif­fi­cult to tame. Read here how to do it.

Collecting, Stereoviews
The Autochrome project
October 5, 2020

The Autochrome project

The Autochrome was one of the prin­ci­pal ways of pro­duc­ing colour pho­tog­ra­phy in the ear­ly 20th Cen­tu­ry. The Autochrome Project is a per­son­al endeav­our to pro­duce a work­able method of recre­at­ing the Lumiere Autochrome. 

Collecting, History, Stereoviews
An Abbreviated History of Stereo-Pair Illustrated books
September 20, 2020

An Abbreviated History of Stereo-Pair Illustrated books

Every now and then you can find stereo illus­trat­ed books that incor­po­rate a view­er, to view the print­ed stereo pairs, rather than anaglyphs. This basic con­cept and for­mat turns out to be quite old. Read more about it in David Stark­man’s abbre­vi­at­ed his­to­ry of Stereo Illus­trat­ed books.

Collecting, History, Stereoviews
Shafts of light
September 20, 2020

Shafts of light

I’m for­tu­nate to be an ear­ly ris­er and love being in my favourite local places just as the sun ris­es. When you’re there and move, the shafts of light move when you do; when viewed in 3‑D they seem to form an almost sol­id part of the scene.

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Stereo Window basics
September 10, 2020

Stereo Window basics

writ­ten for the stere­osite by David Kuntz, USA Stereo pho­tog­ra­phy is a bit more demand­ing than tra­di­tion­al flat pho­tog­ra­phy, because a poor­ly ren­dered 3D image can be dif­fi­cult or unpleas­ant to view.  So, the stereo pho­tog­ra­ph­er has to take addi­tion­al steps, not required with flat pho­tos, …

Basic tutorials, Taking stereo photos
Collecting Stereoscopes
September 7, 2020

Collecting Stereoscopes

In this post, I will talk about col­lect­ing antique stere­o­scopes for glass stere­oviews from the peri­od 1850 to 1930. Some tips from my pre­vi­ous post can also be applied to stere­o­scopes, so I rec­om­mend to read this post first. How­ev­er, col­lect­ing stere­o­scopes comes with some addi­tion­al chal­lenges that I will address now.

Collecting, Stereoscopes
Collecting Stereoviews
September 5, 2020

Collecting Stereoviews

This is the first post of a two-part series about col­lect­ing stere­oscopy antiques. This post is about col­lect­ing stere­oviews. André tells about his expe­ri­ences based on two years of search­ing and bid­ding on glass stere­oviews of the First World War, but in gen­er­al these tips apply to all themes.

Collecting, Stereoviews
Getting started with Catadioptric stereos (Mirror stereos)
September 5, 2020

Getting started with Catadioptric stereos (Mirror stereos)

You may or may not know that adding a small hand­held mir­ror to your stereo arse­nal can help you over­come many of the com­mon ‘cha-cha’ prob­lems. With the mir­ror reflect­ing half of the camera’s view, you can cap­ture an entire stere­opair in a sin­gle shot, elim­i­nat­ing tim­ing-relat­ed issues. Read a step-by-step guide here.

Taking stereo photos
Catadioptric stereo photography (Mirror stereos)
September 5, 2020

Catadioptric stereo photography (Mirror stereos)

All of these stereo pho­tos were tak­en with a sin­gle shot — the only fur­ther equip­ment you need is a mirror.

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