T3D Re: TECH-3D digest 324 underwater 3D macro

[EDuw3D@xxxxxxx]

FYI--from Ed Jameson

Here is a bit of my PR materials for my underwater 3D show.   This show is
primarily my macro and close up work and has had over 200 showing in the past
three years.

Check out the September / October 1996 Volume 23  number 4, for photos of
camera and photos taken with the camera.

National Stereoscopic Assoc.  Conference        Rochester N.Y.   July 1996
  SEAING EYE TO EYE won the Paul Wing Award for best show of the 1996
conference.

.........
SEAING EYE TO EYE is a 3D macro look at the tiny creatures which make up the
bulk of the life on the coral reefs  of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Using
his newly designed underwater 3D macro camera system, Ed Jameson has spent
over 200 hours underwater, mainly at night, capturing the unique views in his
current show.

ED JAMESON has been diving since 1960 and been designing and building camera
systems since 1962.    ..... Occasionally experimenting with underwater 3D
photography over the decades, Ed finally realized his dream of capturing very
close-up ocean scenes in 3D macro by inventing and building his most recent 3D
macro camera system in August of 1995.      When Ed performed the first
underwater tests of his macro camera, the results were far more spectacular
that he ever imagined possible.   .......

THE CAMERA:  The most recent 3D macro camera system he designed and built,
uses two Nikonos amphibious camera bodies attached to Ed's "3D black box"
which contains a beam splitter , two hi-resolution  50mm copy lenses, shutters
and electronic synchronization circuits.      Using various extension tubes
and offset rear ports, the camera system allows the stereo base to be set from
1  to 22 millimeters and magnification ratios to be set from 1:2 through 1:12.
Light is provided with two Ikelite amphibious electronic flash units.
 
I am currently working on a version of the system using longer focal length
lenses for magnification of up to 3:1.

The longer focal length will allow a more comfortable working distance for the
critters I am imaging.  

Ed Jameson
3D Underwater Photography
EDuw3D@xxxxxxx





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