When did the development of stereoscopic photography begin?
Development of stereoscopic photography Stereoscopic photographic views (stereographs) were immensely popular in the United States and Europe from about the mid-1850s through the early years of the 20th century. First described in 1832 by English physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone, stereoscopy was improved by Sir David Brewster in 1849.
Who was the company that made the stereoscope?
Fairchild was another pioneer in the aerial survey field and the company was a primary supplier of aerial camera systems to the US military from WWII on through Vietnam. While Fairchild made very good cameras this stereoscope is something of a turkey.
What do you need to know about a stereoscope?
The manufacturers take a simpler approach by providing adjustable legs that can be widened or ‘splayed’ to drop the body of the stereoscope closer to the aerial photo to bring it into focus in the 4x mode. The Abrams CB-1 variable power stereoscope shown with the Abrams HF-2 height finder.
What was the purpose of Brewster’s stereoscope?
Brewster devised a stereoscope through which the finished stereograph could be viewed; the stereoscope had two eye pieces through which the laterally mounted images, placed in a holder in front of the lenses, were viewed. The two images were brought together by the effort of the human brain to create an illusion of three-dimensionality.
Fairchild was another pioneer in the aerial survey field and the company was a primary supplier of aerial camera systems to the US military from WWII on through Vietnam. While Fairchild made very good cameras this stereoscope is something of a turkey.
Development of stereoscopic photography Stereoscopic photographic views (stereographs) were immensely popular in the United States and Europe from about the mid-1850s through the early years of the 20th century. First described in 1832 by English physicist Sir Charles Wheatstone, stereoscopy was improved by Sir David Brewster in 1849.
Brewster devised a stereoscope through which the finished stereograph could be viewed; the stereoscope had two eye pieces through which the laterally mounted images, placed in a holder in front of the lenses, were viewed. The two images were brought together by the effort of the human brain to create an illusion of three-dimensionality.
The manufacturers take a simpler approach by providing adjustable legs that can be widened or ‘splayed’ to drop the body of the stereoscope closer to the aerial photo to bring it into focus in the 4x mode. The Abrams CB-1 variable power stereoscope shown with the Abrams HF-2 height finder.
