Re: Bolex 3D

[P3D Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx> <Larry>]

Hi All,

P3D Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Writes:
>I remember the first few times
>I used a video cam, I had to keep reminding myself that holding down the
>"shoot" button wasn't costing me $5 a minute...

That's about how I feel about the potential of digital imaging. Film and
processing are pretty expensive by itself and when you shoot stereo you
shoot two frames or more for each image making it double in cost.

With a good variable base stereo digital camera you could record as many
side by side frames as required for each image for practically nothing. On a
typical outing for pictures instead of running out of film and thnking of
the enormous developing cost ahead you could come back with hundreds of
images ready to process however they might be needed, again for almost
nothing per frame.

Of course the digital equipment is expensive and to be really practical a
digital camera needs to be easily hooked up to a computer that is near where
you are shooting with lots of disk space for storage, but considering that
computers and laptops are so useful for so many other things it's not like
setting the equipment aside when done shooting until the next opportunity.
This is especially useful if your final image needs are for online
presentations.

Here's hoping some new stereo photo opportunities arise in the near future
based on digital possibilities. Maybe one of the digital camera mfg's will
see the light? 

Larry Berlin

Email: lberlin@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.sonic.net/~lberlin/


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