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Anonymous

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Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 11:24 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post

Hello to all, I would want buy a Camera 3d for take
photos to then see with my LCD glasses, to which advised me and
where I can buy it in Europe? I would like not exspend a
lot being little expert of the field. Hello and thanks.

P.S. sorry my bad language, I'm Italian
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David C. Qualman

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Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 6:23 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post

The Nimslo is a good low-cost camera. It works better for taking prints, and then scanning the prints into your computer. If you want to take slides, then a Realist or an old Kodak stereo camera would be good.

I had an Argus, and threw it away. The internal mirrors were plastic, and caused the image to be warped.

The advantage of the Nimslo is that you can take prints with it, and have them developed anywhere. But, since it takes pictures that are half width, it doesn't work well for slides.

The advantage of the Kodak is that you can take slides with it, and have them developed anywhere, as long as you ask them not to cut the film for you. But, since the pictures are an odd size, almost no one will develop prints from them. (At least near where I live)

You can get these things from eBay. They will be 20 to 50 years old. About the only ones that make stereo cameras now is RBT, with a many month waiting list, for about $4,000 (which is so many lira that my finger would get tired typing those zeros.)

The other choice is to mount two cameras side by side, and take two pictures at the same time. This is tricky, since you need to get the images taken at exactly the same time, and you need identical focus and exposure for both.
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M.H.

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Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 8:26 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post

Hi
I agreew with David. The most easy way is to buy
2 old identical cameras witch makes possible
manual parametres setup , sync in some way
the switc + makea na paralle montage of them.
If you are making photos of static scenes, it is
even possible to use only 1 camera and just make
correct shifting of it. I have made excelent
stereoscopic photos of minerals from my collection in this.
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Anonymous

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Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 3:45 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post

Thanks for your reply, you are very kind.
I want use a camera 3d, why I don't know the way for use the single camera for makes two photo, one for eye L and one for R.
I don't know the distance and the angle for right photo.
Can I ask you if there is the way for make a photo 3d starting from a photo 2D? if yes how.
Thanks and by
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David C. Qualman

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Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 9:56 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post

If using two cameras to build a stereo camera, you want the lenses to be about 2 1/2" apart - about 6.5 cm apart. Often, this means mounting your cameras on end. If they are further apart, you get hyperstereo images, where the stereo effect is too great for close images. I have a camera setup that is about 4 1/2" apart (11.5 cm), but I only use it for outdoor scenes with nothing that is closer than about 7 to 10 meters.

Also, you want the cameras to be aimed parallel. Do not aim them in towards the center, or away from the center. They should be looking straight ahead.

You can try to make 3D images from 2D images, but the effect is somewhat phoney. Check I-art's site - www.iart3d.com - they may have some software that tries to do this.
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DaveA

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Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 3:33 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post

I have the Vivitar 3D-cam, a pretty cheap stereoscopic camera that I bought from the US and got shipped over. It was about $80.

I'm pretty sure it doesn't warp the picture, but there is some bleed between the left and right eye images, which is annoying.

However, it takes standard 35mm film, and even comes with a nifty viewer. Then I just scan them in and use 3DCombine (and SoftQuadro) or the NVidia viewer to view them with my Revelators.

They're selling it at http://www.3dstereo.com/

DaveA
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Vijay Chandra

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Posted on Saturday, June 29, 2002 - 6:16 am:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post

I've recently purchased about 30 cheapo USB photo cameras (max resolution of 640x480). I wanted to find out if I can set them up for 3D. I can wire the shutter buttons from both to a single switch. Can I use the information above - i.e space between cameras of 2 1/2" apart - about 6.5 cm apart - to take photos of items inside a house? i.e .closeups, photo's of people, etc?


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