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Subject: need Holzner information
Date: 2014-03-23 04:33:34
From: Boris Starosta
Hi All,
though I had plenty of advance warning on Chuck's departure, there are some things I forgot to do with him, that I should have gotten done.

One is working on his obituary or personal history.  While I have a rough outline of his personal history overall, gathered over some years of his storytelling, I actually have very few details on his history in stereoscopy.  I am writing an obit. for Stereo World, and am now discovering how little I know!

I got to know him in 2000, when we were both shooting 35mm actively.  I had not yet started shooting MF, and so I cannot recall if Chuck had shot any at that time.  Does anyone here know when Chuck started shooting MF?

I'm also going to research his philosophical efforts on the MF3d lists.  If anyone can recall any particularly memorable pronouncements by Chuck, can you give me some tips on how to find them?  I know his feelings about MOFD were controversial, as well as mounting to the window.

Thanks for any information.

Boris

––––

The only vital varieties of art are those which, of their very nature,
are an embodiment of the hidden urges existing
in the depths of human nature itself.

 - Sergei Eisenstein
Subject: Re: need Holzner information
Date: 2014-03-29 09:33:37
From: bob_karambelas
Subject: Re: need Holzner information
Date: 2014-03-30 06:13:26
From: John Goodman
> If anyone can recall any particularly memorable
> pronouncements by Chuck, can you give me some tips on how to
> find them? I know his feelings about MOFD were
> controversial,

Some spring cleaning led me to Chuck's 'Popular
myths about stereo photography' that he wrote in
2002. He sent me the text for proofreading and I'm
not sure if he posted the results anywhere. (Too long
to post here.) The 7 myths he wrote about:

Myth #1: “Maximum Allowable On Film Deviation” is
based on the angle your eyes can comfortably view.

Myth #2: Smaller formats using correspondingly
shorter focal length lenses provide greater depth of
field.

Myth #3: When projecting stereo slides, the stereo
window must be adjusted so that it appears to be
right on the screen.

Myth #4: To get best depth of field out to infinity with
a stereo camera you should set the focus to the
hyperfocal distance for the F-stop you are using.

Myth #5: Always use the 1 to 30 rule.

Myth #6: Viewing stereo images is merely an illusion;

Myth #7: Viewing stereo sources that have a vertical
misalignment of only tenths of a millimeter between
left and right 35mm slide chips is hard on the eyes.

Each Myth is followed by the Truth, and Chuck's
excellent explanation. I believe that his
pronouncements are technically unassailable, but
they may still inspire controversy.

Email me if you want the two-page pdf file, and then
check your spam folder since attachments may be
flagged.

John Goodman

[cross-posted to photo-3d]