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Lenzfx

    28-Dec-94 10:06:52
Sb: #143831-Lenzfx
Fm: David Rhoten 71450,2654
To: Scott Roberts 75604,1712
>>So maybe I am way off base, but if I am then could someone explain to me >>how you are able to look at one of those stereogram posters and change >>your focus from the image to the reflection on the surface? Personally Scott, I'm convinced that those stereogram deals are the emperor's new clothes! Person A says, "Hey, look at this and you'll see a 3D-whatever!" Person B, not wanting to admit that try as he might, he can't see ANYTHING, says, "Oh yeah, I see it! Neat!" He then proceeds to tell HIS friends, etc. <G> Really, based on some new messages in this thread, I'm not really convinced that I know what _I'm_ talking about anymore. It now seems to me that the question of should the mirror AND the relection both be in or out of focus will depend on the depth of field of the lens and the distance between the mirror and the object being reflected — ie if you focus past the mirror onto the reflection, which is some virtual distance behind the mirror plane, and the mirror itself then lies outside the focal range, then the reflection is IN focus, but the mirror itself OUT of focus. One thing I know for sure is _I'm_ out of focus, and I wish I remembered more from my jr. high science class when we spent quite a bit on time on lenses and virtual images! Dave