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There are a variety of ways to create stereographic effects. Click Cameras. In the same way music is stored on records, tapes, CDs, or MP3 files, stereographs are displayed on a variety of media. Although most of the images on this site are best viewed as prints in stereo viewers, they can be appreciated on the computer monitor. You can see the ste... reo effects if you can freeview. If not, Berezin Stereo Photography Products sells the best viewers for stereo pairs on the net and for most books for only $3. For tips, click Viewing. Stereographs have been made since the 1840s, and there is a handful of artists doing superb work in the medium. Click Gallery. Naturally stereography has its own jargon. Click Glossary. There are hundreds of websites with info for the stereo enthusiast. Here are some of the best. Click Links. Welcome to Stereographer.com, an introduction to stereo photography, 3D photography, and a gallery of 3D photographic artists Movies are changing right before our eyes. Before too long, most of them will be "3D". 3D television is now here too. And digital cameras are changing. In summer 2009, Fujifilm introduced the first compact 3D digital camera for consumers. The new 3D movies are made with a very cool whiz-bang technology that has been around for more than 150 years. That's right. This is not new stuff. The technology is called stereography and it is pretty simple. It is stereo for the eyes. Everyone is familiar with stereo sound. You have two ears about eight inches apart, and so stereo music has a left and right channel. Well you also have two eyes about two inches apart, and they allow you to see depth. We see and hear the world from two different angles, and our brains process the information into a single picture or sound that has depth and dimension. Stereo recordings use two microphones, and stereo photos use two lenses. Just hold up a finger at arm's length. Look at it with both eyes. Then look at it with one eye. Then the other. Notice how the backgound shifts? The distance between ...Read More