Re: PHOTO-3D digest 1360

[P3D Neil Harrington <nharrington@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gregg Lobdell writes:

>Novice 3D photographer in search of simple rules of thumb for solo SLR rail 3D
>photography.
>
>Given that closest object is distance X and furthest object is distance Y
(often
>infinity) and if appropriate, main subject is distance Z, what is the
>appropriate separation, left to right, for the two images.  Perhaps another way
>to express this is that for a subject at distance Z, the appropriate separation
>left-subject-right is angle A.
>
>I would expect that for close-up 3D the separation would be less than the
>inter-occular distance, and for distant objects it would be greater.  But can
>this be quantified in a simple way.

You bet.

A generally accepted rule is that the near subject should be no closer than
30 times the separation between the lenses.



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