Category: News

The special division schedule is updated with our subjects for 2023. Thanks to all members who suggested this year’s subjects.

Beginning in February 2023, the method of sending files for exhibition at our monthly meetings changed. Instead of emailing the files, use the new “Upload Files” page on our web site.

The results of our “Competitions and Monthly Zoom Meetings” poll are in. I’m putting monthly competitions on hold. Our next meeting, February 27, will be our first experiment with this new format.

Stereopix Rooms solves a major challenge of virtual stereo slideshows by allowing the viewer to choose the stereo format (parallel, cross eyed, anaglyph, etc.). It’s prone to crashing, however, so I’m retiring it for our 2023 meetings. Instead, I’ll be sharing my screen and using Stereo Photo Maker to display our stereo photos. SPM will…

Digital stereo cameras are rare. It’s been twelve years since the Fuji W3 and Panasonic DMC-3D point & shoot digital stereo cameras were released, with few new options since then. Many of us shoot with paired cameras or make single-lens “cha-cha” stereo photos for lack of better options. Enter the QooCam EGO 3D Camera, released…

A significant update to ggstereo.org adds many requested features, along with a design update to boost its usefulness.

Kudos to Jay Kusnetz for the successful creation of the GGSS Gallery in AltspaceVR.  Jay went above & beyond to create a seamless experience for our first VR exhibition. Thanks also to our contributing members who introduced their work and answered questions from the audience. The stereo photos on display were well received by a…

The Miniature Camera Club of Oakland was founded in 1934. In 1950, the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws were changed, and the club became the Oakland Camera Club. For decades, the Oakland Camera Club served photographers with divisions for stereo, movies, color slides, black & white and color prints, and a school of photography. Today,…

Congratulations John Ballou, the Oakland Camera Club’s newest lifetime member. John’s contributions to the Oakland Camera Club are enormous. John is responsible for the Oakland Camera Club’s transition to digital projection, single-handedly performed as projectionist for years. Given the effort involved, we really should have called ourselves the “Oakland Projector Club”. Internationally, John served as chairman…