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3d or stereo photography?

Started Jun 10, 2018 | Questions thread
ProfHankD
ProfHankD Veteran Member • Posts: 9,147
Cheap and easy

KrAnd wrote:

I would like to take and present high quality photos in 3d or stereo view. What is the state of the art as far as methods and equipment goes?

The old View-Master might be a reference, which would present 3D experience with amazing quality, but with digital images I presume there are other approaches.

For taking the pictures, are there any adapters available for interchangable lens cameras (e.g. the Fujifilm X-system) providing for two pictures, shifted sideways and taken in succession?

And what would be the best way for high quality viewing? 3D glasses on my computer screen? Or some of those VR goggles?

The simplest way by far is to capture & view anaglyphs.

Capture can be done using an ordinary camera in a single shot (or even video) using the sneaky little trick I discussed in this Instructable . The results can be viewed in stereo using appropriately-colored glasses with any display -- including the live view on the back of your camera! The glasses are around $1 or less each, and you sacrifice one pair to make the filter for your lens.

Here's a simple example image shot as a green/magenta analglyph:

I believe that shot was taken with my Sony NEX-7 using an old SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4 lens, and is pretty much as the JPEG came out of the camera (with minor tonal adjustment).

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