THE MAGAZINE OF D DIMENSIONAL IMAGING, PAST & PRESENT November/ 1 December k 1999 Volume 26, Number 5 A PuMiticm of NAVONAL STEREOSCOPlC ASSOCIATION, INC. Last Minute Items of Interest 1 View-maste-the Final Move? 1 Really Big Rock Stereos The remaining 60 employees at the View-Master Hyperstereo images from the NEAR mission, orbit- plant Beaverton, Oregon, have been informed that ing the asteroid Eros, can be found as anaglyphs the fllm processing and reel making operations will at: htt~:llnssdc.Esfc.nasa.Rov/~lanetaryL be moved to other locations and that the plant will mission/near/near-eros,htrnl. close by about the end of July. (All other View-Mas- If the mission continues successfully, more and ter departments have already been moved to vari- closer stereos of details on the surface will be col- ous MattellFisher Price locations.) There are lected from multiple orbits. reports that fllm will be handled in Seattle where the new Pocket Viewers are made. Parent company Radar Mapping Anaglyphs Matte1 said in late February that the decision had Images from the recent shuttle mission to create not been made regarding a new site for the reel a "3-D" radar map of the Earth are on the web at: making operation, mentioning the Arm's site in www.station.nasa.EovlEa~ervlimaEes/shuttle/sts-99/ Aurora, Illinois, as a possibility. There is concern srtm-data/ndx~aEel.htmland some are displayed as that this key step in the product's creation could be stereoscopic anaglyphs instead of computer generat- moved to Mexico, where Model L viewer production ed relief map style images. One dramatic one has faced serious quality control problems. Also (JSC2000-E-02743PIA02721) Shows NASA's Jet unknown is the fate of the personal reel mounts, Propulsion Laboratory and the surrounding terrain now being produced sporadically on agmg equip- in in Pasadena, California. The image is actually a ment that may or may not be moved and main- computer combination of an existing U. S. Geological tained. Survey aerial photo with elevationldepth informa- tion provided by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mis- Spring Show in Toronto sion's dual imagmg system. With nearly 200 feet The Photographic Historical Society of Canada is imagmg antenna separation, it was certainly the presenting its Annual Spring Photographica Fair, as largest single-unit stereo camera ever, and it would a part of its 25th Anniversary celebrations, on Sun- be interesting to see some pairs from it before they day May 28, 2000 at the new location; The Soccer are computer processed into mapping use hyper- Centre, 7601 Martin Grove Road, Toronto, Ontario, stereo. Canada. Antique, classic and modern cameras, images, books, accessories, etc. will be available 3-DFloor Puzzles from over 90 vendors. Admission is $7.00. Doors A series of three by four foot anaglyphic puzzles, are open from 10:OO am to 3:00 pm. Contact Fair designed to view while you are standing above Chairman, Mark Singer, 421 Horsham Avenue, them, will be available in July from Frank Schaffer Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2R 1H3 or phone 416- Publications, (800) 609-1735, fax (800) 837-7260. 879-7168. Also check out the web site at They will retail for $14.99 but may be less at some hv,.~://web.onram~.ca/~hsc or e-mail address discount toy stores. Of the four different 3-D Floor ~trinR@outer-net,.com. Puzzles to be available, two feature dinosaurs and two show bugs. Mint Condition Anaglyphs Besides making currency for the Canadian gov- Virtually Italian ernment, the Royal Canadian Mint, located in Stereo World contributor John Bradley has Ottawa and Winnipeg, produces a wide assortment noticed that the View-Master Virtual Viewers CVol. of collector and commemorative coins, jewellery, 26 Nos. 2&3) on sale in Europe are marked "Made and even watches for sale all over the world. Their in Italyn rather than the "Made in Mexico" found current mail-orde~catalog features 3-D anaglyphs on viewers sold in the U.S. He flnds this a nice con- on each page illustrating the mint's products. To tinuation of the old Sa,wyers tradition of manufac- inquire about a catalog, call (800) 268-6468 in the turing viewers in subsidiary plants, and a little sur- U.S. or (800) 267-1871 in Canada, or you can add prising in light of today's cheaper production facili- your name to the catalog mailing list through the ties in China and Mexico. Belaum is of course the mint's web site at : www.rcmint.ca/en/index.htmlvia best known example, but he has viewers in his col- the "contacts" link or inquire at: [email protected]. lection made in India, Australia, France, England and Spain. r'rr'r November/l)ecernber 1999 STEREO WORLD Volume 26, Number 5 NovemberIDecember 1999 THE MAGAZINE OF 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING, PAST & PRESENT A Publxatm ol NATIONAL NSA Y2K ....................................................................................... 3 The 20th Century in Depth: 1939-1952 E. P. Frank's Paris ......................................................................... 4 VSA Board a~f Directors by Normarl B. Patterson Bill C. WaltorI, Choirman Paula R. F'leming . .- 3-D Under the Rocks ................................................................. 15 Andy Lf 'Iscorn review by John Dennis David Hutch~son Dieter Lorenz Russell I\.lorton Last Year at Lindau ...................................................................16 T.K. Trei dwell NSA Officers 3-D Galapagos ............................................................................ 22 Larry Moor, President by Lowrerlce Krrilfman Mary Ann Sell, Vice President "~=nKamin, Vice President, Activiti,, Larry Hess, Secretory Knud Knudsen's Journey .......................................................... 26 David Wheelc!r, Treasurer revicw by Jolirl Dennis Stereo Wc )rid Staff ., - . ? .. jonn vennls, tolror William Duggan: 1922-2000 .............................................. 31 ?rice Kaufman, Contributing Ed by jim Roy Mark Willke, Art Director Lois 1Ualdsmith, Subscription Mona! Dot1 R. Gibbs. Back Issues Manogt The Creation of Stereo Slide Shows ........................................ 33 by Lawrence A. Hair~es A View-Master Guide for Everyone ......................................... 36 how ro rceach Us: 1 review by Sl~eldonAronowitz bership (New I ,015 (I oddri.ss chongrr) P.O. B umbus, OH 43214 Questions Concerning Stereo World Subscription! Larry Hess, (602) 231-3993 14221 N 51 st Ave. #2124, Glendale, Ai Editor's View Comments and Observations ............................................................2 e-ma~l: [email protected] 11v lohn Dennis Stereo World Bac k Issue Sewice The Society News from the Stereoscopic Society of America ...................................21 (Will? lor ov",lot libty (I prws ) by Norman B. Patterson NSA, 2'3575 C.R. 77. Calhan, CO 8C 1808 NewViews Current Information on Stereo Today ....................................................28 reo World Editorial Offic by David Starkman & Iolln Dennis r fa I~Ppdllor ortirlpr ir calpndor lirlm SE 71 st Ave , Portland, OR 97 (503) 771-4440 Classified Buy, Sell, or Trade It Here ......................................................................38 mall stwld@easystreet com tereo World Advertising (Clarril~~d(I dirploy odr) SE 71st Ave., Portland, OR 97 (503) 771-4440 mail: [email protected] A scene from the /MAX 3-0 film Galapagos, showing (lnrprt Qprr & auction ads) the lohnson-Sea-Link submersible during a night Jeffrey Kraus dive with all its lasers and lights on. This was /MAX )ubois Rd., New Paltz, NY 125 Stereographer Noel Archambault's final film, as (914) 25T ---- e-mail: jkrau both he and pilot William Raisner Ir. were killed in the crash of their ultralight plane while filming the (liver WendcII I lVllllFJ Galapagos volcano Cerro Azul. 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In facilities sometimes far you respond to the annual NSA Generous donations from NSA from ideal, he always managed to renewal notices. Forgetful? Well, members helped make possible the position the screen and seating for you could tape one eye closed as a recent upgrade of the whole com- the best possible stereo viewing. reminder of how flat things can be puter system in the editorial office.