Re: Terminology and Realist as a weapon

[P3D Peter Davis <pfd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Dr. T" == P3D Dr George A Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    >> Yes, every camera has the potential to be a stereo camera.  It
    >> isn't one until it is used in that manner, but when you do,
    >> then it *is* one.

    Dr. T> Being used for something or having the potential to be used
    Dr. T> as something is not the same as being something.  I can use
    Dr. T> a Realist as a weapon.  That does not make it "a weapon"
    Dr. T> but a stereo camera that is being used as a weapon.  Same
    Dr. T> way, a single camera used for 3d is a single camera used
    Dr. T> for stereo and not a stereo camera.  That's how I see it.
    Dr. T> Otherwise anything could be anything else, which leads to
    Dr. T> chaos...


I agree with this.  An SLR is NOT a stereo camera, no matter what you
do with it.  However, I think the case of a twin rig falls into a gray
area.  Basically, it's a stereo camera whose components are themselves
mono cameras.  Just a the David White Co. and other camera makers
assembled their cameras from parts, many of which were made by others,
so a twin camera rig is assembled from parts bought elsewhere.  The
fact that those parts are usable in and of themselves does not change
the fact that a twin rig is an assembled stereo camera.

-pd


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