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The new Contour cameras – similar to GoPro – could make for interesting 3D video. They are shaped with a very narrow body enabling close interaxial lens spacing for close in 3D work.
Priced between $199 and $399.
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#3D photo – Artist’s Paint Pots thermal basin at Yellowstone National Park
Click on the image for full size. Requires red/cyan glasses for 3D viewing. See “How to view 3D photos and video” link at top of this page.
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How to View 3D Photos and Video
How to View 3D Photos and Video | Coldstreams 3D Video and Photography by Edward Mitchell.
Just set up this permanent page with info on viewing 3D videos. When I am out shooting 3D, I get many questions about both viewing and shooting 3D. Let’s start with solving the viewing problem first!
3D video of Yellowstone’s Old Faithful Geyser eruption
3D video of Yellowstone’s Old Faithful Geyser eruption – YouTube.
This is a “fake” 3D video created from a 2D video shot from the overlook several hundred feet above the geyser basin.
This video was created by time shifting a 2D video to produce separate left and right images – creating a very nice effect of the steam cloud coming out of the screen at the viewer.
To create this effect, the one 2D video was dragged to both the “left” track and the “right” track in Magix Movie Edit MX Plus. Then, using the Stereo 3D effects tools, click on the “Shift Frames” – or + options. For this video, the right track was shifted 5 frames to the left. This has the effect of moving the steam cloud forward or towards the viewer.
Because the steam cloud is constantly moving, by shifting one copy of the video sequence off by 5 frames, the left eye sees the original and the right eyes sees the original but shifted by 5 frames when the steam has moved slightly. This, in turn, is similar to having recorded a separate left and right video image. But instead, I cheated used only 1 camera.
This was shot on a single, handheld Lumix GH-2 with a 45-200mm zoom lens. My tripod was simultaneously in use shooting a time lapse sequence using a Canon SX1 which I have not yet processed.
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#3D photo of Lower Falls, Yellowstone River, from Red Rock overlook trail
Lower Falls, Yellowstone River. Photo taken on Sep 16th, 2012 using dual Lumix GH-2 cameras, with image processed using Stereo Photo Maker. Red/Cyan glasses required to view the 3D depth of this stereoscopic anaglyph photo. Click on the image for full size original image
