Create 3D portraits with 2 Nikon D90 camera
Alex Fry and Jamie Nimmo has combine 2 Nikon D90 camera together this will allow them to take 3D portrait for their upcoming 3D photography exhibition “Stereo Portrait Project” in Sydney Australia on 27th May. Below is a short description of how the 3D camera work and assemble.
They used off the shelf hardware and software, from the cameras, lighting, triggering, post production to the printing of the book. They shot using Nikon d90’s with shutter cables connected to an RF trigger. The Lighting system was three Nikon sb900’s, one connected via pc sync in a soft box, the other two optically slaved.
A custom camera rig was needed to put the cameras as close together as possible, roughly emulating the distance between the human eyes. A number of prototype of this camera rig was created before the success of this present custom made camera rig. Since mostly the picture to be taken are mostly portraits, they have decided to mount the cameras vertically base to base.
To synchronize the cameras they used an RF trigger split out to two preload shutter release cables. They manage to get a reliable sync up to 1/160 speed. Giving them the ability to have people move around, talk to them and not inhibit their performance. This was very important since hands in front of the body look fantastic in 3d.
The image pairs were then sorted using Aperture before being exported into Nuke, where final tweaks were made before combining them into the final Anagylphic 3D images.
Aperture made sorting and tagging hundreds of very similar left and right images much more manageable, while Nuke allowed them to simply adapt many of the same 3d workflows we use in their day jobs as stereoscopic visual effects compositors.
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Fujifilm new 3D digital camera
FujiFilm develops a 3D camera that shoots two images and combines them into one. Fujifilm name this as their Finepix Real 3D system. This technology aim to eliminate the need for glasses by using 3D displays and a 3D film that can be layered over prints.
In fact this is the world’s first digital camera that can capture 3D stills and movies, the “FinePix REAL 3D W1″, and the “Fine Pix REAL 3D V1″, an 8-inch viewer on which spectacular 3D images can be displayed. Additionally, with advances in high precision production technology, Fujifilm has successfully developed a 3D Print service enabling you to print and keep your 3D images, as never before.
FinePix REAL 3D W1
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New web browser: SpaceTime
SpaceTime is an innovative three-dimensional search program that puts a unique spin on Internet searching. All results are displayed in a 3-D space that users can navigate and manipulate. SpaceTime presents all search results, shopping windows and browsing activity in a continuous 3-D stack that merges results to save time and improve browsing efficiency. It also stacks YouTube videos in a reel, lets you zoom in on Google and Yahoo pages, and lets you save the arrangement of web pages for later browsing. It’s a Windows-only application for the moment, and you’ll need a PC with at least 512MB of RAM and 128MB of video RAM to run it. You can also combine this with Bumptop to give you a whole new 3D environment desktop.
