P3D Re: PHOTO-3D digest 3580

[Mike & Dianne Watters <mdwatters@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Bruce Springsteen <bsspringsteen@xxxxxxxxx>

> Has anyone invented a good way to combine these cheap cameras into a
> synchronized, aligned, one-button operation?  Has anything been marketed? 
> I think it would make a good low-investment hands-on training kit, with
> the proper manual.
> 

Hardly seems worth putting TOO much effort into.  :)

That being said... my first real camera hack was to Siamese a pair of
cheap plastic cameras.  Roughly the same quality as a disposable, except
you could reload it.  One shutter speed, fixed 'focus' and a choice of
three apetures.  It was a manual 1-3-1 advance system.  Worked passably
well really.  I didn't include it in my hacking book though.  Two
reasons:  It was just TOO cheezy, although it's a quicky that can be
finished in one afternoon with only the most basic parts.  Also, I no
longer have the camera.  I screwed up the spacing slightly so I turned
it into a panoramic camera instead.  :)

Mike
Watters