Hi--

>I had no idea that so many people were into stereo photography,
>and had posted expecting little or no response. Wow! The replies
>have been amazing and the advice given all agrees! Wonderful,
>now I have workable ground rules instead of trying various daft
>methods which had no hope of success.
>My interest goes back to childhood in the 50's, my Grandmother
>had a stereo viewer and a box of photos, both card and heavy
>glass plates, and I can remember being fascinated by them. The
>scenes were, I believe, mostly Canadian, how they ended up in
>the UK is anyones guess. They disappeared, probably to auction,
>when Grandmother died in '59 and I had all but forgotten them
>until about 2 years back. I took my young son to a museum and
>there was a stereo viewer and plates on display! It was exactly
>the same as I remembered and rekindled the interest. UK
>photography mags carried nothing about stereo and local camera
>shops were filled with blank looks, I reckoned stereo
>photography had gone the way of Hula-Hoops and Dinky toys and
>set about trying to take my own with poor results. Now I have
>some basic rules to work to and things should soon be up and
>running. Maybe I'll be the only one in the UK dabbling in this,
>who cares!
>Thanks again for your help, it is VERY much appreciated.
>

You're welcome!
There is still a lot of interest in stereo photography
here - maybe 'cause we all had "Viewmasters" when we were
kids...? ;-) It is really easy to make stereo images, even
with just one camera moved between photos - the main thing
is to have sufficient detail at various distances to see
the effect, as I pointed out in my post. It is fun to do,
and I used to enjoy the old stereo gear too. BTW, the old
35mm stereo cameras still bring fairly high prices here.