Re: [photo-3d] Beam splitters vs. Image splitters

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From: "Bryan Mumford" <bryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 12:41 PM
Subject: [photo-3d] Beam splitters vs. Image splitters


> If you are willing to educate me further, I'm curious why beam
> splitters are used in photography. Why do you wish to capture the
> same scene on two cameras?

The same could be said of stereo photography in general:  Why photograph the
same scene twice?  The fact is that with two cameras at nearly right angles,
and a suitably placed beamsplitter mirror, you can get stereo pairs, and you
can vary the spacing and "toe" in ways that the sizes of the camera bodies
would not allow with normal twin rigs.

-pd