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3D Ponderings about - Sony DSC-QX10, DSC-QX30, DSC-QX100 and ILCE-QX1

Started Sep 8, 2014 | Discussions thread
Grzegorz Popiela New Member • Posts: 9
Re: 3D Ponderings about - Sony DSC-QX10, DSC-QX30, DSC-QX100 and ILCE-QX1
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Hi All!

Apologies for resurrecting this thread, but this is to let you know that I've actually made two Sony DSC-QX10 cameras work together, a few weeks ago. The solution is not perfect, as it requires two smartphones (one connected to each camera) with two Android apps connected to each other with bluetooth, for triggering (i had to code this piece on top of the sample code from Sony). One of the smartphones serves as a frame the lens-cameras are attached to and a display, making it quite a compact device. The other smartphone is my regular phone for making calls. This way of triggering can introduce significant - and random - lags, as each of the cameras independently searches for focus, which may take time... but i'm quite satisfied from the results, even with low light photos taken from hand in a cave, e.g. http://phereo.com/image/5586f2ade7e564e76200006c (in this case, lens-type cameras with larger sensor, like QX100 would probably work much better)

The Android app is functional, but i still need to apply some changes to it (e.g. make it stop dying when the smartphone is pocketed and to make it trigger cameras from both phones rather than from just one of them), which may take a few weeks now that my vacation is over.

Regards,

Grzegorz

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