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IN looking at a near object, the eyes are turned inwards. Therefore to procure a really natural stereoscopic view of two photographs of a near object, the eyes should be turned inwards at the same angle. To achieve this, the two photographs should be mounted in such a way that the corresponding points in them are nearer than the interpupillary distance. With this arrangement, it is true that proper stereoscopic views may be obtained with photographs of near objects taken with parallel cameras; but if the corresponding points in the two photographs are separated by approximately the interpupillary distance (as in normal stereoscopic photography), a wrong impression is conveyed to the eyes.
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BAKER, J. Stereoscopic Photography. Nature 136, 551 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136551b0
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