That would be really great! Did they give you any feedback?
There are some situations in 2d where this is useful. One is pole
photography. This is a concept that has fascinated me for a while but have
not had time to do much with it. The idea is that you raise the camera high
enough to take the picture from a higher perspective. I even sell a device,
like monopod, just for this job:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370475144399
Imagine, going to an air show and shooting a plane not from the ground
looking up but straight on. I have a very long pole. The other day I was
showing some test pictures of our house to my wife, and she was amazed. How
did you take these? Did you climb up a tree? But there are no trees at the
location I took them.
Another application: Set the camera near a bird feeder and then go inside
the house and fire the camera when you see the bird in a "good pose". People
have of course done this with longer lenses but you might have a reason to
use shorter lenses and separate yourself from the camera.
In 3d there is the amazing opportunity to align two cameras from a distance.
You set the first camera on a tripod. Then you move 30 feet and aim the
second camera, while looking through the VF of the first to align them for a
hyperstereo. If the cameras are aligned, you can even fuse the pair and see
the stereo effect and decide if the separation is enough or maybe needs to
be larger or smaller.
You can also do the same for hyper/macro stereo with two cameras and mirror
splitter.
Amazing possibilities with only a simple extension cord!
George
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Fildes
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 5:16 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] GF1 for 3d - Re: [IMG] Carlos' PAW 2011 (3) Nature
andTechnology
I suggested this to Olympus when they launched the E-PL1 about a year ago -
to the local CEO and their tech who was returning to japan after his tour of
duty. My argument was that it would be useful to be able to use a flash or
the flash shoe and the viewer in some circumstances, such as macro work.
Seems like a simple concept, a 30cm male to female cable to get the finder
off camera.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 29/01/2011, at 5:37 AM, George Themelis wrote:
> Final potential? advantage: I am having a specialist see if he can
> separate
> the accessory viewfinder from the body (Panasonic does not offer a cable
> for
> this). If this is possible, then one can separate the cameras for
> hyperstereo, and use a pair of viewfinders next to each other as a stereo
> viewer and actually visualize the stereo effect (and decide on the
> separate
> of the cameras or align them on separate tripods or do remote 3d
> photography).
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