Duncan Jones

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I discovered Stereo photography in the late 1980’s after watching an episode of an Australian TV program called Beyond 2000 which featured an item on freeviewing stereoscopic photos - it showed how you can do it at home and sure enough before the end of the item I was seeing 3D. I had no awareness of stereoscopy until that time (I’d seen Viewmaster but hadn’t realised WHY it looked so cool). Initially I took stereo photos with a single camera (and often still do) then a pair of mis-matched SLR’s held together, before making a rig with 2 Olympus IS1000 SLR’s. I moved on to a proper (film) stereo camera - an RBT X3 around 2000 before going digital in 2007 with paired Canon TX1’s, these worked well but didn’t beat the ease of use of a Fujifilm W1, then W3, and since 2012 a Panasonic 3D1. I'm now using a pair of Sony RX0's which are fantastic and make me feel that all those years with the Panasonic were a waste of bloody time! Finally a setup with good spacing and Camera Raw! I thought I was going to abandon 3D photography in favour of VR (I use a VR180 format camera) - but I've found there's just no art to snapping VR images - I've got 3D photography in my bones. See the website of the Stereoscopic Society of New Zealand for info on freeviewing if you're interested. https://www.newzealand3d.net

Location: New Zealand

Contact: duncmail@gmail.com