Re: 3d Magic Cameras

[P3D Jim Crowell <crowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 4:14 AM 11/8/96, P3D Dave Williams wrote:
>Everyone,
>
>        FYI, Wal-Mart is selling a single use 3d camera called "Spirit Fun 3D
>Magic Plus". It is a 3 lens camera that does Nimslo style prints (I
>think).  It sells for $12.97 in my store, has 12 exposures, and comes
>wiht a processing mailer - for an additional charge- from 3D Image
>Processing in Norcross, GA.
>
>Has anyone tried this camera, or one like it?
>

Right, if you send it off in the mailer you'll get lenticular prints back.
The advantage fo these is that you don't need a viewer, the disadvantages
are that the resolution is poor and the stereo baseline is very small (the
spacing between adjacent lenses), so everything looks kind of flat.

You can also get them developed & printed normally (if you have a
reasonably intelligent lab or you send it to one of the labs that
specializes in stereo) & mount the outer pair for conventional viewers.
The baseline's still pretty small, & though the image quality will be
better than in a lenticular, it's still pretty poor (plastic lenses, no
exposure control).

You can have fun with them, though; I took one to a pool party once, where
I'd never take my Realist.  You can use them for closeups if you put a plus
lens over the three camera lenses.

-Jim C.

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Jim Crowell
Division of Biology
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Caltech
Pasadena, CA
(818) 395-8337
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