P3D Re: New 3D digital Camera, Minolta

["Ray Moxom" <raymoxom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In P3D Digest 3704 Nick Merz wrote:
> I have not been reading the list actively for a while, so I don't
> know if this has already been posted.  But I just got a link to a
> new  camera from Minolta which appears a digital 3D.
> It's somehow geared toward web content, and it only
> seems to have one lens, so I'm not sure what they're doing.
> At any rate, it's interesting.
> http://www.minolta.com/dp/3d1500/

Nick, it was discussed, but that was in in the 1900s - so it may be worth
repeating.

These are my URLs on the Minolta 3D-1500.
They are worth a look.
http://www.metacreations.com/
http://www.metacreations.com/products/metaflash/
http://www.minolta.com/dp/3d1500/overview/index.html

For those who have not come across this unusural digital camera, the Minolta
3D is a different kind of 3D digital  camera to that which we normally think
about. To start with - it only has one lens. It looks like a normal digital
camera with some extra electronics.

Its application seems to be to sequentially photograph a solid object as it
is rotated on a turntable and then turn that object into a 'solid' computer
model that can be examined on the computer screen. You could, I suppose,
take 3D pairs by 'grabbing'  or re-photographing the screen as the 'photo'
is rotated on the screen.

I assume that the application is in the Internet marketing area.
The object could be a DVD player that could be rotated on screen to see the
rear connections etc.

Ray Moxom