Digital Stereo Camera

[P3D Bob Aldridge <bob.aldridge@xxxxxx>]

John Ohrt wrote:

->I have already been part of a team to build a dual lens, single CCD
->camera. Aligning the CCD to the optics in a simple consumer camera to
->subpixel accuracy is trivial relative to aligning optical elements. 
->Readingout the CCD uses conventional technology.  True the overall
->product won't be as cheap as a single lens counterpart and nor will
->it have the same resolution.  But megapixel technology is already
->under $1K.  While 640x480 is not as nice as megapixel technology, it
->already has found commercial applications.  So basically all the
->technology is there to make a 640x480 dualframe camera if not now,
->next year and sell it for under $1K IF the volume existed. 

Well, David Burder will sell you one NOW for 1K GBP... I've been fooling
around with a prototype and, whilst the resolution has no comparison to
the results from my Belplasca or Custom Realist, they're fine for the
purpose that I wanted them for. 

->I feel that a 3D camera with no processing for image alignment will
->also find much readier consumer use as well as commercial use.  First
->they have to learn that it is cheap, painless and awesome.

Agreed

->That is one of the things I have learned from this group.  You can
->get away with inexpensive hardware and still get nice results.  Not
->for every situation and not under every condition.  But that
->equipment doesn't exist for any class of photography.

Yes - stereo is completely made up of chhosing the right set of
compromises!

->Even Ansel Adams always carried a second camera, even if only a
->simple 35 mm rangefinder.

Presumably a Leica? :-)

Bob Aldridge
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