It's very easy to take great stereo views. You don't need a fancy camera. Any camera will do. You will need the View Magic Viewer, shown here with its stand. Here's my method for taking stereo photographs:
Decide on something to photograph. Ideally, your subject matter will include something in the foreground, middle ground, and in the distance.

Stand with both feet firmly on the ground and about a foot apart. Hold your camera in the landscape position (don't take a vertical picture - you technically can, but they're harder to mount).

Aim the camera at your subject. Make sure the camera is held parallel to the ground. Before snapping the picture, make a mental note of what lies smack dab in the middle of your picture. Now snap the first picture.

Now, shift your body about 2" to the RIGHT, without moving your feet, keeping the camera the same distance from the ground and parallel to the ground. Aim the camera at your subject, placing the area that was in the center of the last picture in the center of THIS picture. Now snap the second picture.

If you are taking a photo of a person, make the person holds perfectly still while you take both pictures. Also, avoid taking pictures on a windy day. Tree branches will move and will not match up right when viewing in 3D.

Bring your film to any photo finisher. I usually get 3-1/2" x 5" prints, but you can go up to 4" x 6" with this viewer.

Mounting your stereo photographs is really easy. The View Magic Viewer comes with complete easy-to-follow instructions on how to mount your prints.

I bought myself a 3-ring binder and some heavy black photo page paper. I mount my photos on this paper, one set of photos per side. It looks really nice on the black paper. You can write captions on the paper with those new acid-free opaque pens. The pages easily are removed from my binder and placed in the viewer!