[photo-3d] re: Twin Olympus C-3030's

["Steve A. Hughes" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Enough fantasizing -the problem is with the remote shutter release.  It is
>infrared TV style and you have to be "in the picture" within 15deg of the
>center of the image to release the shutter or zoom.  For a twin rig, you
>would need some way to get the light into the receptor next to the
>viewfinder, either with mirrors, or fiber optics.  Has anyone done this?
>Ideas welcomed!

Hi,

I've used the infrared photo repeaters sold for use with video setups to do
this. They consist of a receiver and transmitter pair with the transmitter
being quite small. I don't know what kind of code the camera transmitter
generates so I don't know how much work you'd be getting into but it is
possible. If you're serious about this, I might be able to help with the
electronics.

By the way, when I did this using two Pentax cameras I discovered the
shutter sync wasn't very good because the two cameras had slightly different
response times to the remote control. Just a warning.

Steve Hughes


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