Roderick- First of all, it's good to hear from you after that bear picture. You're brave. I'm just foolhardy! The rig with the solenoids looks encouraging. It hadn't occurred to me that stereo photographers would be putting together similar set ups. Actually Stereoautomotophotography could be a whole field in itself! Looking at these made me realize that I may have to work out a way to get the cameras to prefocus. Of course with $25 digicams focus may not even be an issue. I'm hoping these cameras will be so unsophisticated that they make everything simple. >> Something pneumatic for shutter actuation might be good. This or an >> electronic solution would also make mounting the cameras outside of >> the cab more practical. Shutter lag is also an issue. Things happen >> fast in this field of photography. > >Hi Alan, > >This site might be useful. It shows only two cameras but perhaps you can >expand the system to accommodate 4 cameras. > >http://home.mira.net/~kiewavly/pentax_rig.html > > > >Here are some examples of mounting hardware. > >http://www.berezin.com/3d/twinbar.htm >http://www.rmm3d.com/3d.encyclopedia/slidebar/slidebar.html >http://www.rmm3d.com/3d.encyclopedia/twin.camera/norman-rebel/rebelpics.html > >I hope this helps, > >Regards, > >Roderick Andrew- Do any of these have power film advance? I'm going with cheap digicams for this hare-brained scheme, which is for taking panoramas from a moving automobilerather than stereos. One of the advantages is not having any film to advance. Your info could be useful if I decide to go to film at some point, and I thank you for it. At 12:08 PM +1000 7/7/02, andrew fildes wrote: >Oh - we Victorians are resourceful, hey? Given the inflated cost of >K1000's however (schools still grab the good ones) I'd go for >something simpler - old Olympus Trip 35's are common and small with >a decent 40mm lens and I can find Pentax ME Supers here for half the >cost of of K1000's. I've seen nice stereo rigs using Olympus XA's as >well. Any way you go, matching exposures would be the main problem, >no? There's always minor variation which would be a problem. >AndrewF -- Alan P. Hayes Meaning and Form: Writing, Editing and Document Design Pittsfield, Massachusetts
