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3-0 Raisins Soviet Stereo Special Viewers Socim, AMERICAN BRANCH by Norman B MaylJune 1989 Volume 16, Number 2 I ml NATIONAL STEREOSCOPIC ASSOCIATION 3-0 Raisins Soviet Stereo Special Viewers socim, AMERICAN BRANCH by Norman B. Patterson 7he Society appy birthday photography! parencies in either format, however Speedy Folio H ... one hundred and fifty the stereo pairs are produced. The Total Points years of gadgetry, sometimes smelly number of inquiries that the Society Name (TOP4) chemicals, aggravation, recording receives has remained high for a Jack Cavender .............65 history, freezing time, and just plain year or more. Although new circuits Craig Daniels .................53 fun. are started with difficulty and take Bill C. Walton .................47 For dyears now photogra- some time to settle into established Robert Kruse ................ .43 phy clubs as a class have been in a entities, the ~IPSSUIPto create them Top Vim period of decline. This is a sad thing continues. Stereography continues 1st: 'Time, Space and Architecture" for those of us who recall the vigor to be a growth area when much of (Jack Cavender) which once, not all that long ago, organized amateur photography is 2nd: "Hidden Falls" marked organized amateur photog- in the doldrums and new equipment (Craig Daniels) raphy. Now that making decent pic- has not been forthcoming. 3rd: "University of Virghiia #T' tures is much easier and the 1988 Voting Results (Jack Cavender) equipment more user-friendly there seem to be fewer people getting Print Circuit Beta Transparency Circuit deeply involved. A puzzlement, if Total Points Total Points not a paradox. Even Kodak appears Name (100 or more) Name (20 or more) caught in the malaise and seems in- Bill C. Walton ................I97 Mark Willke .................lo9 different, to this casual observer, to Craig Daniels ............... .I90 David Hutchinson .............74 the needs or the hhue of the serious Wil Metcalf ................. .I84 Robert O'Brien ................66 amateur. I have Come to believe that Jack Cavender .............. .I70 Vane Bass ...................56 the most popular phrase in what Brandt Rowles .............. .I56 Russ Young ...................50 passes for today's photography Bill Patterson ................I41 Richard Vallon ................28 stores is, "Oh, that's been discon- John Dennis .................lo9 Me1 Lawson ..................27 James Norcross. ...............23 tinued." I am W of hearing it. But Wesley Kobylak ..............I05 - the true photobugs werp never de- Top Vim Top Vim terred by inconvenience since Au- 1st: "University of Virginia #3" 1st: "Yaquina Head Lighthouse" gust 19,1839, when Daguerre (Jack Cavender) (Mark Willke) publicly demonstrated photography 2nd: ''Meteor" 2nd: "Place de la Concorde" and the neceswy apparatus was put (W.H. Bonney) (David Hutchinson) on sale. 3rd: (tie) 'Tried Farm Syndrome" 3rd: "Sur lelHerbe" (Vance Bass) m The Stereo Boom (Craig Daniels) "RangerTraining" Stereography, it would seem, is (Bill C. Walton) the exception if one can judge by the 30% increase in Stereoscopic Socie- ty membership that we have ex- perienced in little more than a year. Such a period of unpdented growth has strained our infrastruc hue but it is gratifying to see so many people becoming active in the production of stereo views. Both of our tmmprency circuits for Realist format are at capacity and we have reluctantly been forced to establish a waiting list. The print drruft, com- posed of active viewcard makers, is also near capacity but will continue accepting new members for the pres- ent, not wishing to divide into two groups if avoidable. The new 2x2 35mm matched-pair circuit is steadi- ''Yquina Head Lighthouse" by Mark Willke took first place in the 1988 voting by members ly growing and also relieving the of the Beta Tmnsparency Cimit. The view, taken near Newport on the Oregon coast, is pressure on the transparency circuits of the m's stereo potential, waitingfor those who attend the 1989 NSA Conuen- by accepting some of the overflow. tion in Portland. The hyper was made with a pair of Kodak Retinette 1A's on tripods sever- 2x2 membem may mount the trans- al feet apart, synchmnized by air hoses connected to a single bulb. Copyright 01989 by the NATIONAL STEREOSCOPIC ASSOCIATION Volume 16, Number 2 IN THIS ISSUE May/June 1989 The Raisins in 3-D. ........................ by Jean G. Poulot and John Dennis Some Special Stereoscopes ....... by Paul Wing NSA Board of Directors The Latest and the Largest IMAX 3-D CHAIRMAN ... Louis H. Smaus by Don Marren MEMBERS Portland 81Oregon in Reels and Slides ..... Paul Wing by John Dennis T.K. Treadwell Susan Pinsky Hypers by Walk, Water, Wire &Wing. ... Dieter Lorenz by Paul Wing NSA Officers From Russia With Depth ..... by Diane Fitzgerald PRESIDENT T.K. Treadwell Tips for Hypers from Airliners .... SECRETARY by John Weiler John Weiler TREASURER Stereo Documentation of Folklife ... William Eloe by Thomas E. Graves VICE PRESIDENT, REGIONAL AFFAIRS Tom Rogers GENERAL BUSINESS MANAGER REGULAR FEATURES Linda S. Carter Editor's view .... Stereo World Staff Letters ......... EDITOR John Dennis Foreign Affairs ...., ART DIRECTOR Newvlews ...... Mark Willke 8Dlbasures ... Calendar .... Strno World Is published bimonthly by the National Stemffio Ic As.soclation,Inc Annu8l dues: $22 third class US, t% iint o~wUS, mi iomign surface, S40Intm8t~drrndl. All mknhlpmM on the publlehln par of Stem World whlch begins In arch mien& wlth the ~uruuylfedruaIsrueof the next ymr All now mmbenhl mwlvedwll commence EXTRA COPIES wlth tho kuc~~prillerw oRhcumnt c8lend.r ar. ~henapplyln~formemknhl~ptemeadv~seuri&u do not deeln tho back leeur of the cumnt volume The extra copies of this issue or- send $6.00 for each one d National Material In thls publlcatlon my not be mproduced without wrltten parmlaslon of the NSA. Inc dered earlier by many members Stereoscopic Association, Box 398, have been bulk mailed, and should Sycamore, OH 44882. National Stereoscopic Association arrive in mailboxes within a week or (Memberships, renewals, address two. If you would like to order addi- changes, classified ads, display ads) tional copies of this OR the PXX Box 14801, Columbus, OH 43214 -/April '88 color issue, please I StemWorld Editorial Office (Letters to the editor, articles) 5610 SE 71st Ave, Portland, OR 97206 "Nwviewr" Editor David Starkman PX). Box 2368, Culver Clty, CA 90231 Front Cover: Singing 'Ain't too pmd to beg," the '6ThaUnknowns" Editor te& Dave Klein California Raisins deliuer a singing 14416 Hanlsville Rd., Mt. Airy, MD 21771 rpnt on top of n mountain in their te& vision special and mtlg tape "3-D Movies" Editor "h4eet the Mns."The stoar of these Bill Shepard 17350 E. Temple Ave., #399 popular pmducts of Will Vinton LaPuente, CA 91744 Aoductions in Portland, Oqpnis illus- Stereoscopic Society, American Br. d in this issue with the first ever Jack E. Cavender, Comsponding Secretary published stem0 photos of the California 1677 Dorsey Ave., Suite C Rairinsactbmdon theset of East Point, GA 30344 MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL STEREOSCOPIC UNION COMMENTS- - AND OBSERVATIONS I by John Dennis I n interesting variety of articles the first of many appearances of clay It's not often that a new stereo A appear in this second color figures "in depth." camera hits the consumer market. issue of Stereo World, including the Only rarely have stereo photos and we were expecting the debut bf first stereo photos of The California been made to record the production the Nishika to involve press releases, Raisins from their recently released process of 3-D films. Most of the ex- promotions, photos, etc. But the "Meet the Raisins" tape, the first amples are publicity shots of movie current owners of Nimslo technolo- 3-D shots covering the sets and loca- stars, made by photographers al- gy in Henderson, Nevada surprised tions of two new 3-D Imax films, lowed only briefly on the set. It can nearly everyone by completely and the first detailed look at the new make a real difference when the per- avoiding normal sales and promo- Nishii 3-D camera. son with the Realist is an insider - in tion methods, turning instead to a Sales of the "Meet the Raisins" the case of our coverage of the two self-generating network of individu- tape are already breaking records, new 3-D Imax films, it was the al distributors selling the camera to and the popularity of the little clay stereographer behind the Imax cam- friends, co-workers, neighbors, etc. figures seems ready to hang on era itself, Noel Archambault. Imag- As long as these distributors con- through more commercials and pro- ine the record we would have today tinue to locate both customers and motions. Much thought has gone if people in his position had been new distributors, the camera will be into the 3-D potential of clay anima- willing and able to roam Hollywood available, but actually finding one tion techniques, so the article in this sets in the 3-D years of the 1950'sI won't be as easy as dropping by issue may someday prove to be only K-Mart. (Of course, once one of the Nishika's enthusiastic entrepreneurs gets hold of an NSA Directory, they may start contacting usl) Some who have seen the camera find it a depressing disappointment and in general, worse than nothing. VIEWING THE WORLD Others point out the slight flexibili- ty offered by the manual aperture wo styles of very inexpensive settings as a factor that could allow T 'lorgnette" type plastic stereo- use of the camera for slides in many scopes are currently available for situations. The camera will function viewing the stereographs reproduced well for its intended purpose, even if in Stereo World. There are also bet- it contributes little to the hardware ter quality glass lensed viewers available for serious stereography. available, one of which is converti- Now that most sources are out of ble for holding standard card views, surplus Nimslos, prices for any re- as well as easy viewing of pairs in maining may rise quickly in light of books or magazines.
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