VSC Meeting, November 2025

Sunday, November 9th at 2:00 pm EST / 8:00 pm CET

We’re excit­ed to announce this mon­th’s meet­ing on Sun­day, Novem­ber 9th. You’re invit­ed to join us for two thrilling pre­sen­ta­tions:
First we step back into the 1950s. Join col­lec­tor Eric for a live show-and-tell of rare, stun­ning slides, behind-the-scenes sto­ries, and an inter­ac­tive Q&A. After­wards, Guenter Pomas­ka explores whether advanced monoc­u­lar depth esti­ma­tion and pix­el-shift­ing tech­niques can tru­ly replace the sec­ond lens in stereo imag­ing.
We look for­ward to an engag­ing and inspir­ing meet­ing. See you this Sunday! 

History

Sold On Stereo: Commercial 3‑D in the 1950s

Eric Drys­dale

A short doc­u­men­tary on the use of 3‑D slides as a sales tool in the U.S. dur­ing the 1950s peak of the stereo pho­tog­ra­phy craze, fea­tur­ing amaz­ing images from Eric’s col­lec­tion and oth­ers. Then, dur­ing the zoom, Eric will show-and-tell some par­tic­u­lar­ly inter­est­ing exam­ples, share more about his col­lect­ing, and answer your ques­tions. The short was writ­ten and direct­ed by Eric and co-pro­duced with Ron Labbe. Orig­i­nal­ly pre­sent­ed as an extra fea­ture on the 3‑D Film Archive’s 2021 release, “Dynasty!” Recent­ly select­ed as NSA 3‑D Con, 2025 Win­ner of the Stereo The­ater award for Best Slideshow of His­tor­i­cal Photography.

3D Trends

One Shot, Dual Perspectives

Guenter Pomas­ka

It may seem that monoc­u­lar depth esti­ma­tion could entire­ly replace the sec­ond lens in a stereo cam­era set­up. A major advance is that the cal­cu­lat­ed stereo part­ner of a sin­gle image is pre­cise­ly syn­chro­nized. Can pix­el shift­ing reli­ably meet the visu­al require­ments for a spa­tial image? This con­tri­bu­tion inves­ti­gates the con­ver­sion from monoc­u­lar to stereo­scop­ic for­mats using select­ed image mate­r­i­al. Rel­e­vant dig­i­tal image pro­cess­ing tech­niques are also cov­ered. The cen­tral chal­lenge: can soft­ware replace hard­ware is an ongo­ing question.

Meeting Info

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