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During a trip to St Louis we visited the Missouri Historical Museum and they had an exhibit on the St Louis World’s Fair. There was a display with a stereoscope (aka stereopticon) and some color stereopticon cards of the fair. It was really cool.
Later while I was at MCAD, Greg, a security officer and photographer at the college, showed me some of his stereoscopic photography. He used two 35mm cameras attached to a rig. The quality and detail was amazing. The images just jumped out at you.
After I did some research, I decided to purchase a Loreo 321 camera. It is a point and shoot camera which uses regular 35mm ASA (DIN) print film. It wasn’t too expensive and I figured it perfectly suited my needs.
It comes with a viewer that allows you to view 4 x 6 prints. We can get our prints (glossy finish) at any one hour processing place. Some people can view the photos without the viewer and see the 3D effect, but not me.
I bought the camera specifically for our trip to China in 2005. I took photos throughout our visit. Composing 3D photos requires that you have objects in the foreground, middle ground and back ground. We were amazed at how well the photos captured the steepness of the Great Wall. Here are some of our photos of the Great Wall:
Summer Palace:
and Forbidden City:
I plan on bringing the camera with me on our next trip to China. The 3D photos bring us back to those places we visited in a way that can’t be captured by regular photography. I’m really happy that we got the camera.
