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  1. Mike Ballew

    An E-mail Appeal to Mr. Wade Williams

    Okay, everyone, I have an idea. It’s a long shot, and I’m under no illusions that it will actually work, but I think it’s at least worth a try. Mr. Wade Williams owns three very desirable Golden Age 3-D titles that are not yet available on Blu-Ray, despite several sincere efforts to orchestrate...
  2. Mike Ballew

    The Mad Genius of Dutch Veri-Vision 3-D

    There were some people in the Netherlands very interested in stereoscopic cinema after World War II. They built several stereoscopic rigs, including one very elegant dual-16mm unit that you can check out on YouTube: Some of these folks also built a single-strip 3-D system that takes a fairly...
  3. Mike Ballew

    3D Google Cardboard, Anyone?

    How many people here are using Google Cardboard or other, higher-end VR systems to view their 3-D movies? I saw my first demonstration of Google Cardboard in December, and it really captured my imagination. Now I've managed to convert all but one of my collection into a Google...
  4. Mike Ballew

    3D General Discussion of Anaglyphic Motion Pictures

    Hi, everyone, I was thinking we would do well to have a separate, dedicated thread devoted to discussions of anaglyphic 3-D movies and imagery. I did a search to see if there was an existing, explicitly dedicated thread and found nothing, so I reckon it's time to start one. Even at this late...
  5. Mike Ballew

    3D How I Discovered 3-D

    Hi, everyone. I wrote up kind of an essay a few years ago recounting the time I first really discovered 3-D movies, in the summer of 1982. I hope you won't mind my posting it here. It's 2265 words long, give or take, so it may take a few minutes to read. If you are moved to do so, I hope some...
  6. Mike Ballew

    3D "Comin' at Ya!" 3-D Blu-Ray up for pre-order

    They're bringing Comin' At Ya! to 3-D Blu-Ray in January. Love it or hate it, it is an historically significant 3-D film, the one that kicked off the boom of the early 1980s...
  7. Mike Ballew

    3D The Charge At Feather River (1953)

    One of the great 3-D Westerns of the 1950s is The Charge At Feather River. If you've never seen it, believe me, you're in for a treat. Here's hoping it finds its way to 3-D Blu-Ray sooner rather than later. Part of the flick was shot at Vasquez Rocks, a familiar location from dozens of films...
  8. Mike Ballew

    3D TIMID 3-D: Fear of Negative Parallax

    I want to present an idea and find out your reactions. Agree or disagree, I want to hear your opinions. We all know that, in everyday life, stereoscopic depth perception falls off beyond a certain distance. Even the sharpest-eyed person is going to have a clearer perception of binocular...
  9. Mike Ballew

    3D Super 8mm 3-D from 1985 and '86

    Several of us here have been 3-D fans a long, long time. I know that Bob Furmanek in particular got bitten by the bug as a youngster, and to satisfy his 3-D cravings, he had to make do with 8mm anaglyphic digest prints (or package films) like the Three Stooges in Spooks. Me, I got hit with...
  10. Mike Ballew

    3D Crosstalk (Ghosting) versus Fusion Problems

    I've been a stereo photography enthusiast for 32 years now. I'm also a huge 3-D movie buff, and have made an effort to see as many classic and recent 3-D films as possible. I talk a lot about this eccentric hobby of mine. It's gotten to the point where my friends, who have at best only a casual...
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