3D 'Stereoview' photos of Coventry

Another trick to view these is to hold a card vertically in front of your nose with the other end at the join between the two pictures so that the right eye cannot see the left image and vice versa. You still have to gaze into the distance to get the images to snap into registration. Might be worth a try!

Rob, those two are so good I may have to work out how to make it work. The shaft of light in the church and the chandelier must look fantastic. Pass our thanks on.

I remember one of my uncles had a Viewmaster and several hundred slides including some of Coventry. I spoke to his son and he confirmed that there were some of Coventry but they were disposed of when my uncle died as by that time they had gone out of fashion. So maybe there are still some out there somewhere. And for those who remember the advert "You can get a viewer from Weetabix, it'll only cost you one and six" (Sung to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home")

For anyone interested you can make your own 3D glasses with two pieces of acetate one red and one green. I imagine is would still be possible to use red and green sweet wrappers. For those who want to make a decent pair,there are instuctions on the internet.

Would it be possible to create a 3D anaglyph from the stereoscopic pair for those that cannot view them via a stereoscope? I tried to do this by shifting the tint of one view red and the other cyan and then fading one over the other (very slightly offset from one another), but did not work properly when using my 3D (red- cyan) glasses. Perhaps someone who has better photo editing software might be able to do this? Luke.

Maybe try these. The first version is created using the "recommended" method of, after setting the filters, choosing a central "focal" point and lining up both copies on this point. (in this case the chap in the middle, holding the horse) I found this to achieve very little in the way of giving "depth" to the photograph. However, this second version seemed much better. The recommended method went out of the window, and I just kept on shifting the "right hand" image over to the left until it appeared the way I wanted it. What do people think? The second image really needs cropping to remove the left & right edges that are not overlapped. (I think the suppliers of Quality Street need to be warned of a sudden rise in demand)

So I dug out my 3D glasses. The first is the easiest to view and the nearest images do seem to come out from the back ground. The second was a bit too phase shifted but I imagine eyesight varies the effect. The difference in the second version left fringes of red on the skyline, but Smithford Street felt more 3D. In both the horse and cart and the balcony at the top looked good.

A pair of these will be needed to view the images I've just uploaded.

I always thought I was cross-eyed!

How about this? (The right image is placed directly over the left)

That one works well. The chandelier looks fab. My problem is that I'm very short sighted in the left eye and 'surely you can't be that bad' short sighted in the right one.

Hi TonyS, Well done , tried doing this myself but the lack of any good photo editing software let me down. Put on my 3D red cyan glasses and think your 3D anaglyphs look good - the effect works especially well with the anaglyph of the chancel (in post 26).

Only just noticed the "3D Stereoviews" tool on the left sidebar - Very ingenious Thanks to all those concerned .

Rob's been working hard on that. According to Rob it's still to some degree "work in progress" but it's looking really good. (I wonder who came up with the idea? )