Canon Introduces a new stereoscope lens

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It looks interesting. Not sure how I would view the images. My wife was a production editor on an Airial Photography book that used stereo viewer glasses that would sit a few inches above the books double photos taken from offset lenses and printed at 600 dpi .

 

It is innovative, I wonder if it will catch on.

I can think of one industry that might make use of this. One that uses "immersive" videos.

Nice, useful, but except for the 'swoopy' lines, not all that innovative

 

Asahi version, ca 1969 (was made with Pentax 49mm and Nikon 52mm mounts

 

But the basic idea was pre-WWII

Offering from 1940 and not new then....

not all that innovative

 

Asahi version, ca 1969 (was made with Pentax 49mm and Nikon 52mm mounts

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But the basic idea was pre-WWII

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Offering from 1940 and not new then....

Apparently it is not. Thanks for that clarification. You are the photography historian, thanks for the heads up.:)

Aw heck, here is the Asahi stereo viewer used on a Canon EOS XTi w/ 35mm lens=

(the images are switched right to left for cross-eye viewing)

I can't help myself, so I should add that, although the above examples are 'mirror splitters', There were double lens versions made for cameras like the Leica and Contax rangefinders.

Popular Photography 1955-07

 

Although there were some rather complex and expensive stereo projectors, the hand viewers shown were the normal view for most folks.