STEREOSCOPIC HISTORY – PARALLAX-SHIFT

READDD- “Collecting Photographica: The Images and Equipment of the First Hundred Years of Photography”

Posted on May 19, 2023May 23, 2023 by Mad Shifty

One of my favorite twitter accounts of all time- Pre Cinema History (who has an OUTSTANDING book out which I'm dedicating a post to very soon) posted a book I have previously perused through and I feel it's a perfect post to debut a new regular posting category- READDD! READDD is a new blog category … Continue reading READDD- “Collecting Photographica: The Images and Equipment of the First Hundred Years of Photography”

Carlos Becerra, our PARALLAX-SHIFT Stereo Club Secretary, sophomore year paper on stereography

Posted on August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 by Mad Shifty

PARALLAX-SHIFT’s very own Carlos Becerra’s sophomore year paper titled “Critical Eye” for the School of Visual Arts (which happens to also be my and sam dole’s alma-mater) examines Stereo-photography’s beginnings and future. Definitely worth a read! Critical Eye Final.docxDownload

Repost of the making of the The Apollo Lunar Close-up Camera

Posted on July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 by

I recently came by a tweet shared by Astronomy.com about the stereo photos taken of the moon on the Apollo 15 mission that was posted last year. Stereo photos from Brian May & David Eicher’s 2021 article for the Astronomy.com article, linked below https://astronomy.com/magazine/news/2021/07/apollo-15-in-3d?utm_source=asytwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=asytwitter I wanted to share another article about the making of the … Continue reading Repost of the making of the The Apollo Lunar Close-up Camera

M. Henry Jones

Posted on June 28, 2022April 21, 2023 by

It is with great sadness we relay the passing of our very close friend and mentor M. Henry Jones. We only knew M. Henry for a short time, but Sam & I became quite close with him and visited him at his LES studio often as it was walking distance from our old apartment. I … Continue reading M. Henry Jones

Early Articles on Stereoscopic Cinema, Television & Live Theatre

Posted on May 15, 2022June 6, 2022 by

These articles on Stereoscopic Cinema, Stereoscopic Television & transmission and live stage effects date back to the late 1920’s & early 1930’s. These are assorted findings I’ve saved in my phone throughout the year and I have previously posted them in some older posts on my Twitter & insta accounts. They are as researched from … Continue reading Early Articles on Stereoscopic Cinema, Television & Live Theatre

INVISIBLE GIANTS- THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE TWIN RIG & SHUTTER SYNCING

Posted on May 13, 2022December 7, 2022 by

I apologize for the delay in publishing parts 2 & 3 of this article. Our dear friend and mentor M Henry Jones was informing me on part 2 of this article and was to be featured heavily in it, but M. Henry Jones passed away in June of this year. It has been an emotionally … Continue reading INVISIBLE GIANTS- THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE TWIN RIG & SHUTTER SYNCING

Polarizer Design described in Scientific American, Vol IX.1 NY, November 5, 1853. No. 8

Posted on May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 by

Im going through old photos on my phone (to be honest, my blog is simply an attempt to catalog and publicly share the tens of thousands of reference items I store there so I can delete them to free up space on it 😂) and came across this article on a polarizer design that ran … Continue reading Polarizer Design described in Scientific American, Vol IX.1 NY, November 5, 1853. No. 8