Three-Dimensional Photography - Principles of Stereoscopy

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machine work-as many stereographers are, the cost (without com-
pressor), may be kept to less than $15 or $20. If you must have the
reflector built by someone else, a competent amateur mechanic


Fig. 19-6, Stereo-cine camera-Cine Kodak plus compression lens plus
adjustable reflector-is the equipment used in the Stereo Guild experi-
ments in stereo movie making.


might do it for anything from the material cost up, but a profes-
sional will charge not less than $100 and from that up to perhaps
five times that amount. I saw one camera which represented an
outlay of $2500, but that included approximately $1000 for the
Cine Kodak Special which was the basis of the outfit.
Stereo movies are perhaps even more attractive than motionless
projected stereograms. That, of course, is a matter of personal
opinion. Certainly, however, one thing can be said, which has
often been said-and proven-regarding still stereo: once you
have the pleasure of seeing your color movies in the full realism of
three dimensional space, you will not be content to return to the
flat screen type.
In closing it may be said that anaglyphic movies, as well as still

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