P3D Nu-View Camcorder adapter in Camcorder magazine

["Harold R. Baize" <baize@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

      N u - V i e w  3-D  V i d e o  

Just saw and picked up the February issue of 
"Camcorder" magazine. The top banner on the 
cover is "True 3-D with your camcorder" with 
a picture of 3-D Video Inc.'s Nu-View 
adapter. The article was written by Preston 
Gratiot (on P3D list??) and is fairly 
informative, it even briefly covers the history of 
stereoscopic imaging. Unfortunately the article 
also reinforces the myth of anaglyphic movies, 
although it doesn't specifically state that most 
3-D movies were shown in that format. The article 
also does not mention the Toshiba Camcorder. 

The article confirms my expectation that the 
adapter uses mirrors and an LC shutter (the 
article incorrectly refers to the LC shutters
as "LCD" ) to alternate the left and right images 
onto the camcorder lens. The adapter uses a single 
AAA battery and it allows for convergence adjustment 
so scenes can be are placed behind the window. 
The video should be compatible with existing 3-D 
LCS video systems, like Michael Stark's 3-DTV and VR 
Surfer.

The magazine also sports a full page color ad for 
the adapter on the inside back cover. The price in 
the ad is $375.

All-in-all it looks great. This is a 3-D product that 
we should consider supporting NOW, rather than waiting 
for it to fail so we can get a close-out price :-)

Harolddd
(just a consumer, not affiliated with this product)
Baize 
 


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