Re: Synchronizing Inexpensive Digital Camera Shutters

Allen wrote on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:18:15 -0500:

A> Dave Cohen wrote:
??>> Pooua wrote:
??>>> I have not found any stereoscopic cameras that meet my
??>>> needs, so I would like to assemble something that might.
??>>> I want to rig two point- and-shoot digital cameras
??>>> together so they will record a stereoscopic image. The
??>>> problem is synchronizing the shutters. It should
??>>> be possible to use one camera for focusing, with the
??>>> other camera set as a slave. But, I don't know what
??>>> circuitry would allow for this. Does anyone have any
??>>> suggestions?
??>>>
??>>> Thank you.
??>>>
??>> I suspect the reason you can't find any stereoscopic
??>> cameras is the same reason I have a bunch of 35mm slides
??>> that are never viewed, it's a pain to have to use a
??>> special viewer but that's just my opinion so no flaming.
??>> They used to make stereoscopic film cameras but they seem
??>> to have gone out of fashion, again I suspect (but cannot
??>> prove) due to viewing problems. Actually, you can train
??>> yourself to view two side by side images in stereo without
??>> a viewer. I doubt you'll have any luck jury rigging
??>> anything except a gizmo that lets you slide the camera and
??>> take two shots. Fine for stills. They used to sell an
??>> accessory that would put two images on film using a mirror
??>> arrangement, but again I haven't seen anything like that
??>> recently. Have you figured out how you would view or
??>> display the final result. Dave Cohen
A> That rings a bell; I have a mental picture of what they
A> looked like. Did the late lamented Spiratone sell the mirror
A> thing? Soooo many photo gadgets have come and gone over the
A> years, some of which should never have gone away, and some
A> of which should never have appeared. I wish I still had the
A> many years of back issues of Pop Photo, Modern Photo, US
A> Camera, American Photo, Camera Magazine that I have disposed
A> of. I'd really enjoy going back and looking at the ads.
A> Allen

I managed to find my old collection of stereo viewers after reading this discussion. While searching for sources of stereo pairs on the web I came across this http://www.loreo.com/pages/products/loreo_3dcap.html
The date on the URL is 2007 so the products should be available.

It is claimed to work with digital cameras tho' I know nothing much else about it. The company does also make an inexpensive viewer. I wish I could find a source of the Hubbard stereo viewers that I used to use for stereo prints in scientific journals. They were cheap enough that I could encourage people to steal them from my laboratory!


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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