Stereo photo folks, what do you do with the output?

[jay moussy]

This may be a silly question to some, but I keep wondering what can be done with stereo sets of negatives?
I must be missing something - beside the obvious..
I could see a reversal film and coupled projectors, but...

 

[ntenny]

Getting a viewer and printing stereo cards is an option, of course, albeit a hassle to do in Realist format (the frames aren’t adjacent on the roll, so you have to do two separate prints for the two sides). But I find that stereo images work well on a computer too. A lot of people learned parallel viewing back in the 90s from the “Magic Eye” books, I think, so there’s a population of people who can view them.

-NT

 

[Truzi]

Yes, stereo cards, or just prints.

When I got my first Realist 45 and View Master personal cameras, I tested with regular old B&W film and developed as negatives. I just wanted to make sure the cameras worked (and they were in fine shape). I also did color negatives and had them developed at a drug store (asking them not to cut the negatives).

I scanned the negatives, made a template in The GIMP, and created cross-eyed 4x6 prints just for fun. Uploaded to Shutterfly to get prints, and Google Drive to share.

Here is an example - color negative film developed at a drug store, crappy home scanner, etc. I also had these printed 4x6 to hold in your hand - not quite the traditional way to do things, but it was just a test, and they really do look better in-person than on a computer screen.
Made for cross-eyed viewing.

Realist 45 test roll

16 new items added to shared album

photos.google.com

Eventually I'd like to do this in a darkroom, and in different formats.

 

[Bronson Dugnutt]

In order of frequency:

1. Red/blue anaglyph via Stereo Photo Maker for proofing / sharing.
2. If slides (realist, 1/2 frame, or 35mm pentax split), they go into the appropriate slide mount for a binocular viewer.
3. Stereo card prints (also possible via Stereo Photo Maker if alignment / automation is desired) for viewing with the Owl.
4. Wigglegrams rarely, but can be fun for some subjects.

#2 is by far the best way to experience them yourself, short of full-blown projection, but even then handheld viewer could still have the edge.

 

[Donald Qualls]

I'm with Bronson -- I've got a Discovery Channel side-by-side half frame stereo camera and a Stereo Graphic that shoots Stereo Realist format. I haven't yet processed a roll from either (the Discovery Channel has a roll in my processing queue following a darkroom hiatus of a couple years), but mine will mostly wind up as crosseye viewing image files for web posting, or wigglegrams, as these are much easier to view in sizes that will be larger than the ocular separation on a screen and don't require equipment (like red-blue glasses) in the viewer's hands. Parallel viewing files for Google Cardboard or equivalent (which I can see on my phone without equipment due to my myopia) are another possibility.

Once I've got my enlarger set up, I might well attempt to make stereo card prints and build or 3D print a stereo viewer; that's really my preferred way to handle these.

Of course, I do have a Stereo Realist viewer in good condition, so I might also 3D print slide mounts for that format and make positives from the Stereo Graphic. Reversing XP2 Super isn't hard, and that camera is much more versatile at ISO 400 than at the 25-64 it was originally designed for.

 

[AnselMortensen]

E6 Slide film.
Stereo Realist slide mounts. (Ebay)
Stereo Realist slide mounting kit. (Ebay)
Cheap plastic stereo slide viewer. (Ebay)

 

[ic-racer]

This may be a silly question to some, but I keep wondering what can be done with stereo sets of negatives?

Doesn't everyone just print them side-by-side? I think that is the best way to view them. Am I missing something?

 

[r_a_feldman]

I print them side-by-side for viewing with a hand held plastic lorgnette (a plastic viewer with the needed two lenses). Lorgnettes are available for a few dollars each from the auction site or the former online book seller named after a river.

 

[polka]

I do stereophotography with a "spoutnik" giving MF(6x6) stereo pairs that can be viewed cross-eyed as they are.
When you want to view them parallel, you first have to swap them left to right right to left. Besides, I find cross-eyed viewving easier because it's what you do naturally when looking at something at close distance.
Here a document where I present my experience with the spoutnik (in french), and an example for cross-eyed viewing

 

[pdccamerqs]

I scan my stereo pairs, combine them in Photoshop and then view them on my monitor by using a Pokescope viewer - works great and costs $39. https://3dstereo.com/products/multipurpose-pokescope®-stereo-viewer-new

 

[Xylo]

I'm in the StereoPhotoMaker program clan.
What I like about it is that it automatically and reliably aligns the images and can also print side-by-side images.
It does color or B&W anaglyphs, works with shutter glasses and does a host of other tricks. Best of all it's free, so you can't beat that!

 

[r_a_feldman]

Here are two recent stereo pairs of mine, taken as successive images with an Olympus Pen FT. I take one picture, then shift right about 6"-8" and take a second picture, with both centered on the same point. I view them with the lorgnette from my old copy of the Stereo Realist book or with a plastic Lietz air photo viewer.

These images are digital rephotographs of the BW negatives, inverted and gamma/contrast adjusted in Microsoft Photo Editor.

Bob

 

[OAPOli]

I just made this 3D-printed stereoscope (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2965/files). It works well!