P3D Re: Using two SLR's for stereo photography

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rolland Elliott asks:

>I was wondering what kind of twin SLR system you use to take 3D
>photos?  

I use two Minoltas X-700.

>Furthermore, how do you orientate the two camera bodies?  

Most of the time side-by-side.  I have only tried bottom to bottom
once. I shoot slides and mount them in standard stereo mounts so
there are some disadvantages of the portrait-oriented chips.
But if you want to get the minimum lens' spacing then this is
the way to go.

[Accurate analysis of camera orientations omitted]
    
>Lastly, can you still take 3D pictures, if any one of the above
>combinations are rotated 90 degrees.  

You could, but, as you guessed, it is not advised.  The cameras
should be oriented like our eyes.  Those who view the world with
heads tilted 90 degrees would natually rotate the cameras by 
90 degrees too.  But most of us keep our heads straight, hence...

George Themelis


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