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3D photos using Canon 5D Mark II

:: Sunday, January 24th, 2010 @ 11:14:48 am

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Sterling Zumbrunn, Tony Wu and me in front of our sailfish boat, the Lilly M (3D)
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I’ve been experimenting with shooting 3D stereoscopic images with the Canon 5D Mark II and discovered that it is a very limited platform for taking 3D images. When two 5D2 cameras are mounted next to each other, there is a minimum of 6″ between the center of each of the two lens mounts. This extreme separation produces a stereoscopic effect that is too pronounced when using normal lenses (20mm and longer) — unless you shoot subjects that are very far away.

However, I have had some success shooting 3D images and video using two Canon 15mm fisheye lenses. Subjects still have to be at least a few feet away, but at least it is possible to shoot close subjects.


A secluded coastal path in Isla Mujeres (3D)


Me, with my dual-5D2 3D setup (photo: Sterling Zumbrunn)

| Isla Mujeres, Mexico | link | trackback | Jan 24, 2010 11:14:48
  • http://ihatepink.com Caroline :)

    I can’t make my eyes do the 3d thing. :(

  • Carol Yin

    Hey, Eric, it’s easier for most people to cross-fuse than to diverge; can you switch the L and R images? :)

  • http://echeng.com echeng

    They are already swapped. Works for me by crossing eyes.

  • Carol Yin

    Whoa…! If you put a finger in front of the screen and keep looking at it as you slowly move it toward your eyes while also paying attention to the screen image, at some point the crossing of your eyes will correspond with the merging of the images and you will see the 3-d info. Are you SURE you’re crossing your eyes to get the 3-d?? I spent a significant portion of grad school with my eyes crossed (no jokes please ;) ) because I was working with stereo images. I have to diverge like hell to get these photos to fuse.

    Alternately, some people put together a triplicate image, L-R-L or R-L-R so the viewer can fuse whichever two images they wish…Here’s a really old image of mine:

    http://tinyurl.com/CYStereo

  • http://echeng.com echeng

    I see them clearly by crossing my eyes. Also, I have these small glasses that auto cross-fuse, and they work as well. Let me replace them, just in case.

    Putting three together sounds like a good idea, but a lot of people don’t have the screen real estage to view them on the web!

  • http://echeng.com echeng

    Carol — OK, you were totally right! I must have screwed them in during my rush to post.

    Force re-load this page to see the replaced images.

    The strange thing is that I could see them before as well, even when the images were swapped, but the clarity wasn’t good. My brain was forcing the fuse even when it wasn’t quite right.

  • http://jauderho.com/ Jauder Ho

    You should get something like this. =)

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/0.....nnels-and/

  • Kyle B

    Try mounting your camera end to end… http://www.anachrome.com has a kit. Also google dslr shephard and lanc shephard pro. Think the site is Berzien.com but my spelling is off… -Kyle

  • MVecchio

    I was interested in trying a 5D stereo setup and I found that you can get the lenses closer together by turning one upside down.  There’s a 3 or 4-joint arm that you can buy (I saw it at B&H) that will connect to the base of your tripod and allow you to mount the second camera upside down right next to the first one.  

    I also spoke to a guy named George Themelis who goes by the name Dr. T on the web.  He’s a big stereo enthusiast and he gave me the name of someone a while back who would fashion a single bar that would support one 5D right side up and a second one upside down.

    Anyway, let me know if that furthers the experiment!

  • Tony Kavanagh

    Hi Eric, I’m using a 5D MkII and a slidebar. Slightly slower, but great stereo images. I process stereo pairs with Stereophotomaker.

    Thanks for your informative blog.

    Tony.

  • Tony Kavanagh

    Hi Eric, I’m using a 5D MkII and a slidebar. Slightly slower, but great stereo images. I process stereo pairs with Stereophotomaker.

    Thanks for your informative blog.

    Tony.

  • Tony Kavanagh

    Hi Eric, I’m using a 5D MkII and a slidebar. Slightly slower, but great stereo images. I process stereo pairs with Stereophotomaker.

    Thanks for your informative blog.

    Tony.
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