Stereo/3D Photography

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While I was away in Venice the week before last I was just about to get on a bus and a group of 7-8 German Photographers entered the bus stop, one chap had 2 cameras attached to his camera strap. :eek: I'd never seen anybody with 2 cameras in this way so I said 'stereo photography?' he smiled and nodded his head. I gestured could I take a picture of his cameras, and he nodded again. So here it is.

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As you may be able to see, he had the 2 cameras (2x Canon 500Ds) attached to a piece of metal and a strap of material wrapped around both lenses which allows them to focus together. He also had what looked like a remote cable release attached to the side of one of the cameras, which I assume was controlling both cameras.

Anybody here do stereo/3D photography? :shrug:

And if so, how do you view the pictures?

I would have loved to have seen the results he got. :)
 
Thanks for the reply Digital_Clarity. :)

I hadn't thought of 3D video, but I suppose if the option is easily there then the chap would probably give it a go as well.

A very unusual thing to see when out and about anyway. :D
 
you can get viewong glasses to see stereo images but you can also do the stare at it and go cross-eyed thing. Not everyone can do it but it does work.

If you have a look on www.brianmay.com you can sometimes see stereo images there because he's a big fan. I think they are usually in the letter page or the soapbox
 
I didn't think it was going to be 'that' Brian May Andy. :lol:

Thanks for the links. I'll try and get cross eyed. ;)

I have noticed looking through some of the stereo pics on those site that there is some colour differences between some of the two images.
 
Oh yes. He's always been a big fan of photography.

It might be some pictures are edited to make the effect even greater - ie making a slight alteration to the levels of red and green in each image might make the stereo separation even more apparent. Just a thought.
 
I saw an american guy in York a couple of weeks ago with a setup similar to this.

His were mounted slightly differently though, they were on a "z" shaped bracket with one the right way up and one upside down!

Crazyness I tell ya! :banana:

I dont get it tbh :coat:

Edit: ok now my eyes hurt but I get it, works better with some than others.
 
This might interest you:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy

Other than the old funny red plastic thing that showed stills from cartoons from my childhood, the other place that springs to mind that used this a lot is aerial recce photo interpretation - this might even be still in use today, it certainly was a few years ago...
 
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