lenticular tabletop photography

[P3D Elliott Swanson <elliott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

LeRoy Barco commented:

"I've been playing with a Pen FT to make tabletop lenticulars, and would
like more control of the process." 
     Wow! The closeup technique using one large plano-convex lens suffers
from the lens axes crossing behind the focus point... which can give more
parallax than the system can handle, but it is instantaneous. Someday, I
may use my double exposure modified Nimslo to do closeups with smaller
than 3/4 inch lens separations.

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Re LeRoy's comment, I wish I could say that tabletop lenticular with a
single camera is complicated, but it isn't. With the ImageTrack rail come
four calculation wheels that work in conjunction with the targeting system
on the rail.  All you do is figure out the placement of objects using the
calculator, correct for the lens focal length (35mm or 120) and take
pictures. That's all there is to it. You can use a vertical half frame
camera like the Pen FT or a Hasselblad, both will work equally well, and 
with an slr, you see exactly what you're shooting, as opposed to shooting 
blind with a modified Nimslo.

--Elliott


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