S3D Re: Camera Hacking Booklet

[Brenda Nowlan <bknowlan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone!

I would like to add that I got Mike Watters' book and made the XA2 wireless
twin rig and I love it!  IMO it is a book worth having in your stereo
library.  Mike, I can't wait for volume 2!  :^)

Brenda Nowlan



Watters wrote:

> Hello,
>    Given the recent questions regarding twin rigs based on small
> electronic cameras on photo-3d, I thought I would once again mention the
> booklet I finished on camera hacking.
>
>  It's 60 pages of projects including:
>  -building an anaglyph lens for your SLR
>  -base seperation formulas with a pocket slide-rule calculator
> (included)
>  -FED camera modifications
>  -A simple slide bar
>  -Realist viewer to 7P conversion
>  -the XA-2 twin camera rig (XA-2x2)
>  -Nimslo modifications
>  -a high quality filmstrip previewer
>  -macro camera principals
>  -a Siamese camera based on the Argus C3 (the See-3D)
>
>  The projects are discussed at various levels.  Most (including the
>  XA-2x2 rig) are in the form of extremely explicit step-by-step
>  instructions.  Others (like the See-3D camera) are discussed in detail,
>  but not "step-by-step" per se.  A few (mainly the macro chapter) are
>  discussed in principal only, laying out the basic approach and leaving
>  the execution to the reader.
>
>  The booklet is designed with the beginning hacker in mind.  It's intent
> is to get more people started in this area and serve as a source of
>  ideas, inspiration and confidence.  I'm asking US$25 for the booklet
>  which includes shipping in North America.
>
>  Please Email for an address or if you have any questions.
>  mdwatters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>  mike
>  watters
>
> PS - To those who already HAVE copies, I'd appreciate your thoughts on
> it.  I've gotten some feedback already from a newbie hacker who built
> her own XA-2 rig (wireless version), but more is always better.  If this
> one is a success, I'm considering putting together a second collection
> of simple projects.  That would be some time coming though since I'm
> only about 1/2-way through building the darn things myself.  :)


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