P3D Re: Using two Nikon N90s for 3D photography ?

[jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gabriel Jacob)]

>Peace Rolland Elliott wrote:
>
>>Anybody on this list use two Nikon N90s or F5 cameras hooked together
>>side by side with an MC-23 connecting cord to take stereo pictures?  I
>>thought I might invest in a second Nikon N90s to do this.  If anybody
>>has done this how does the system work for 3D photography in general?
>>Do your use Auto Focus and if so does it work well?
>
>        If I remember correctly, most of the pictures taken for the
>3Discover cassettes are taken with a pair of Nikon N90's, so it is
>possible.  Maybe Gabriel know more about the camera setup used by
>3Discover.
>
>Tim Westwood

Regarding the setup used by the 3Discover people, they do use
paired Nikon N90's. Actually they have quite a few! To simultaneously
trigger them they spliced together two remote triggering cords. Of
course they have a couple of these also!  

They mentioned that it works extremely well, but they have
noticed that after awhile (aging of components?) they tend to
get out of sync but still very useable. Also using a flash can be
problematic. They do use the auto-focus feature when required
and it works quite well. You might have to converge the cameras
depending on the scene.

Gabriel 


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