3D (cross-fused) video tour of Isla Mujeres from our golf cart, taken with dual Canon 5D Mark II cameras and Canon 15mm fisheye lenses. Special thanks to Sterling Zumbrunn for his help, and to Tony Wu for the loan of a 15mm lens. The color in the videos is different because Tony’s lens is much older.

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. (read more »)

Tony Wu (in 3D) poses with two Reefnet diopters

Photographer Tony Wu arrived today from Japan. He is jetlagged and isn’t quite thinking properly. I’m sure he’ll be functional after a good night’s rest. He did, however, have enough energy to write a blog entry about his arrival.

If you’re having problems seeing the 3D effect, there is a larger version of the image on Flickr. If you still can’t see it, here is a page that has some hints.

3D image of baby Liam

I’m going to have a lot of fun with the LOREO 3D Lens in a Cap.

This may or may not be Jim’s first time eating this much fruit (he’s even been eating veggies!), but it is my first time posting a 3-D video. You can check it out if you have red/blue 3-D glasses. Sturdy ones are like $4 on Amazon.com. Paper ones are probably cheaper.

WOW — this video really suffers from compression artifacts, and the 3D effect is much less effective when compression artifacts ruin the video. I’ll have to figure out how to compress these videos so they don’t lose their “3D-ness”.