I’ve just bought a US Army Air Force Stereoscopic target photo viewer ( I’ll post a photo later ), but I’m after some target photos to display with it. Single photo’s of targets seem easy to find, but I can’t find a matching pair of pictures to demonstrate the stereo effect of the viewer.
I don’t necessarily need original photos, just an emailed high resolution scan of a pair of pictures that I can then print out at about 8 inches square with a good level of detail.
Fingers crossed that you can help
Thanks
Steve
By: Arabella-Cox - 27th April 2006 at 16:53
Thanks for suggestions everyone, I’ll keep you posted if I find anything. In the mean time, if anyone comes across something they think would be useful, please let me know.
Steve
By: RPSmith - 26th April 2006 at 01:09
I remeber Keele University taking on great quantity of aerial intelligence phot material some years ago – does that include any stereoscopic images?
Might be worth an e-mail to them.
Roger Smith.
By: Jagan - 26th April 2006 at 00:57
I dont know about original pictures, but there are a couple of them (of Peenemunde Launch sites) printed in RV Jones’ book “Most Secret War”. i had put that book under the stereo scope and some of theimages popped right out!
By: LesB - 25th April 2006 at 22:43
steve, log on to google earth, and do a search for american photos, most of the arial photos of katrina damage along the, Biloxi coast are high resolution down to about 100 feet, just download the same picture twice and youre away.
Not that simple, be good if it was but it isn’t. Stero pix depend on a lateral displacement of the subject. This effectively means that if taken from an aircraft the 1st image will be slightly different in vertical angle to the 2nd image due to the aircraft moving on between shots. It is this displacement interval, which can be and is very acurately controlled on PR kites, that gives the stero effect.
Vultee
One avenue for you is to attend aerojumbles or walk round the ‘bits’ stands at airshows. Some mueums may have such stero pairs in their back rooms as well.
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By: Arabella-Cox - 25th April 2006 at 21:52
I’ll be trying the 100th BG Museum too, as I am a member there and know they have many original photos in their archives.
Steve
By: mjr - 25th April 2006 at 21:33
good luck finding war time stereoscopic photos, your best bet would be something like Cosford archives maybe.
Modern Satellite pictures are mostly stereoscopic, since they are used by all agencies from USGS, BGS, DEFRA, NSA etc etc, for topographic relief, and disaster management.
MJR
By: Arabella-Cox - 25th April 2006 at 21:07
I am actually looking for genuine wartime target photos ( France or Germany ), not modern pictures, and identical pictures won’t show the stereo effect the equipment was designed for.
Here’s a picture of the unit
Steve
By: mjr - 25th April 2006 at 20:01
steve, log on to google earth, and do a search for american photos, most of the arial photos of katrina damage along the, Biloxi coast are high resolution down to about 100 feet, just download the same picture twice and youre away.
MJR
By: adrian_gray - 25th April 2006 at 14:15
Steve,
If all else fails, keep an eye out on ebad for stereoscopic cameras and take your own…
The better ones eg the Edixa or the Super Realist are rare and cost a small mint, but Coronet stereo cameras surface reasonably often, a plain black one seems to make less than thirty quid, and it would be a slightly dodgy print, motion blur etc… Not unlike the real thing! You would need a good photography shop for your developing though, as 127 is rare nowadays.
Good luck in your quest for the real McCoy, though!
ADrian
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