GH1 Stereo 3D rig

[ChipG]

I went ahead and pre orderd a 2nd GH1 to shoot in stereo 3D.

My Avid can edit stereo 3D so if figured why not, it'll be a fun learning experience & I have always wanted to try to shoot in stereo 3D. I know a DIT who does 3D stuff for hollywood feature films and he will be giving me pointers and tips along the way.

Does anyone here have any interest in shooting stereo 3D with the GH1 or other DSLR?

[divide]

Keep in mind that you can't sync capture time, zoom and focus on the 2 cameras. It will be your own judgement.

[TrueIndigo]

I wonder what is the closest distance that you can get the two lenses/bodies together? From what I've read, lenses should be 75mm apart or less (not greater than the separation of human eyes).

[ChipG]

Keep in mind that you can't sync capture time, zoom and focus on the 2 cameras. It will be your own judgement.

Correct, I know of others who have had really good success using a dvx & hvx for 3D stereo without gen synch.

[ChipG]

I wonder what is the closest distance that you can get the two lenses/bodies together? From what I've read, lenses should be 75mm apart or less (not greater than the separation of human eyes).

75mm is a good distance, at times a lttle closer together would be good. It depends on what your shooting.

Also I am not ruling out a mirrored prism for two lenses on one camera, I have not done the exact math on the gh1 sensor size for putting two imagies on it just a rough est.

[androoow]

how do u plan on presenting your 3d footage to others?? via the red and blue glasses ..cause i don't think that cuts it anymore and i thought the polarizing method is only possible via cinema projection????although this "NEW TECH" that James Cameron's using for AVATAR might be something.... new??? if its just polarizing lens on glasses in cinema..then.. . kinda so what??
anyway i am curious to know what methods are available to us mere mortals.

[ChipG]

I'm not planning on presenting it to others on a large scale (I'll post some files for the few people who do have interest), they would have to have a 3D stereo polarize display to view it in 3D, there are several of them hitting the market now.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/p...ic-3d-monitor/


http://www.consumerdepot.com/product...referer=google


My post wasn't really ment to be a big deal it was more to see if anyone else had any interest in it for a hobby type project you know, for fun.

Lots of studios are moving over to 3D and Dreamworks is now shooting 3D for all thier movies for some time to come so I want to learn a little about constucting the rig, editing the footage and displaying it etc. to stay up with the current movie making techniques and lingo.

[ChipG]

I wonder what is the closest distance that you can get the two lenses/bodies together? From what I've read, lenses should be 75mm apart or less (not greater than the separation of human eyes).

I'm waiting for measurements but don't rule out that you can turn one camera upside down to get it closer to the other one and flip the image in post, you can also butt the camera's up together (bottom to bottom) then crop in post and rotate each image 90 degrees, one to the left and one to the right.

[androoow]

those monitors look interesting..will have to do some research , ive messed about with creating 3d with 3ds max with different quality of results .. wonder how they do their voodoo ..

[ChipG]

those monitors look interesting..will have to do some research , ive messed about with creating 3d with 3ds max with different quality of results .. wonder how they do their voodoo ..

What type of monitor did you use to view your 3d studio max 3d project?