P3D Re: Camera mounts

[PgWhacker@xxxxxxx]

>Has 
>anyone used the Jasper vertical mount that allows for "toe-in"?  I 
>realize that most literature states that cameras should not be 
>toed-in, but our eyes do "toe-in" when we look at something close-up 
>to our faces.
>
>I have a pair of Olympus OM-1n's that I will be using and am looking 
>for the best way to use them.  I would like to get one mount for the 
>two cameras so I do not have to lug several around with me.
>

I have twinned two Olympus OM2s, oriented bottom to bottom.  The Zuiko 
lenses are incredible;  they make pictures that are vastly better than 
any of my 7 other stereo camera (Realist, Kodak, Ricoh point and shoots, 
VM PSC).

  Trouble is that with the lenses parallel, close up portraits are 
practically impossible -- so much parallax error that faces get cut in 
half.

   So I made my own toe-in vertical mount:  two thin board joined on 
their leading edge by two hinges.  A spring at the back pushes the boards 
open; a bolt/wing-nut to oppose the spring and adjust toe-in; a small arm 
is calibrated and marked so that you can adjust the toe-in for various 
subject distances.

   Results:  excellent.  I use the thing for indoor shots and not only 
don't I mind the keystoning, I frankly don't even notice it.  And when 
you consider that the alternative in not to get the shot at all, it's a 
great deal.





Greg Kane
APEC View Redistributor
Denver

PgWhacker@xxxxxxx


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