[photo-3d] Re: Lomo Action Sampler

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

Hi,

The Lomo Action Sample, AKA Action Tracker, has very limited 3D
possibilities. It uses a "rotor" shutter that takes all 4 shots in sequence
and there is no way to make it take more then one shot at a time. This means
the picture can not have any motion to speak of or the stereo pairs will be
out of sync. Even if you cope with the motion problem, the lens separation
is too close and the resulting prints are pretty small, 1/4 size.

Yes, I tried to use it myself. A Loreo, under any of it's many names, would
be a much better choice for a cheap camera. By the way, a pair of throw away
cameras held together with rubber bands works pretty well for prints.

All that said, you can take 3D pictures with the Lomo. The result is just
not worth the  processing costs.

Steve Hughes