https://www.ebay.com/itm/3D-Rig-Stereoscopic-support-with-mirror-stereo-camera/323878737054?hash=item4b68ad549e:g:nFUAAOSwHzNdSu0Q

Trial version is limited to 3 LUTs. Pro version is not limited.

Suggestions for features are appreciated. Also: what forums and other places would be good to make people aware of this tool?

Happy LUTing ;)

http://www.fatpigtures.com/#lutastic

• small update to interface colors online now.

For more information about it please visit out website

Guaranteed synchronous firing of both cameras An internal IMU so you can track your camera’s movements through space Guaranteed 60 fps in its WVGA stream – if you’re more interested in frame rate than resolution (like I am) this is a nice plus It’s pre-calibrated out of the box so your point clouds will be nice and pretty without the need for tuning

Not to be confused with a ‘Stylized Look LUT’ – I created the BozBMDFilm_to_Rec709 Utility LUT out of a need to make my own color grading life easier when dealing with the Blackmagic BMCC / BMPCC Cinema Camera Film LOG and RAW files. And now I'm making it available to you.

Download Page: https://bulentozdemirfilms.wordpress.com/downloads/bmcc-bmpcc-bozbmdfilm-to-rec709-lut/

The LUT brings out the contrast and color values captured by the BMCC / BMPCC in Film or RAW mode and strives to preserve highlight and shadow detail [more examples can be found on the download page]

Though it's not free, I think the small asking price of £3.00GBP (approx $3.80USD) is enough to take a leap of faith on. Made a difference to my work flow as I’m sure it will with yours :)

Download Page: https://bulentozdemirfilms.wordpress.com/downloads/bmcc-bmpcc-bozbmdfilm-to-rec709-lut/

Thank you.

Here's a PV report on how to create 3D composites at 4K quality using a tool chain consisting of 'free to use' or low cost tools:

I'm working on my graduation project, I want to create the following, and I'd like to hear how you think about it;

"A mobile app, with information about how to make the best timelapses, using any technique (1080p, 4k, HDR, stereoscopic 3d etc) with tips and tricks for the settings."

It will not be an app that makes the timelapse, nor will it be an app that tells you exactly which settings to use; it should be more of a reference work, a helping hand.

Now I'm trying to use the design thinking method to build this idea, so that's why I need opinions. What do you guys think? Is it worth working on? What do you think should definetely be included or excluded? I'm thinking about an app because I suppose it's nice to have it with you when you're shooting a timelapse, but maybe that's a wrong assumption?

I'm hoping to make props for a film with it. But a first job, here's a bracket for a 19" rack mount monitor that I use for focus confirmation on:

It was designed in Cheetah3D for which you can treat each unit as 1mm, which helps to create very accurate sizing etc.

The Pocket is only $500 USD / £390 UKP this summer (very limited availability, buy now!) .

Frame Sync is the big problem:

Syncing two cams for 3D cannot be done in post - they need to be synced at the pixel level, ie. each camera should begin each frame at exactly the same time. In other words, this is a fractional-frame problem; but you can only correct whole frames in post (not counting pixel interpolators like Twixtor which can cause unacceptable artifacts in 3D).

Pro cameras are synced with 'Genlock' - basically a connection between the two cameras that tightly synchronises frame capture. Without this, the cameras have a random gap between frame starts, anywhere up to 1/2 frame. So if you shoot 24p, the cameras will be randomly out up to 1/48th of a second, and you have no way to predict what that error will be at any given time. In 3D this is catastrophic, at least if there is any significant motion in the frame. The delay pushes moving objects forwards or backwards in 3D, and can also cause a weird shimmering effect. And forget high motion which looks awful.

Solutions:

1) hardware mod: do true genlocking by linking the cameras' capture timers or master clocks somehow at the circuit board level). This is perfect, but tricky/risky and requires skill and experience.

2) Simul-power workaround (this is what we use on the Panny GHs, and works on many others): you power-up both cameras at exactly the same time (usually with external power and a dual-switch or a custom circuit). Many cameras synchronize their frame capture from a global running clock, which is initialised at boot and never changes. So it doesn't actually matter when you trigger record - the first frame capture is always locked to that clock (ie. it waits for the next frame 'slot' before starting recording). By simul-powering the bodies, those clocks start in sync on both bodies and frames are synced.

we don't know if this works on the Pocket yet.

Downside: as no two digital clocks run at exactly the same speed, the bodies slowly drift out of sync. How fast depends on how closely matched the bodies are - people usually try to get consecutive serial nos., hoping that the eletronics components are likely from the same batch and so a close match. My badly matched (2 month apart) GH2's are good for about 4-5 mins before the drift becomes bad. Apparently some drift far less. So you have to keep power-cycling.

Problem: The Pocket only powers up when a button is pressed ('soft' power). It needs to power instantly as soon as external juice is on (one idea, permanently tape the power button down - does it work?).

3) LANC. The Pocket apparently responds to the LANC 'record' command (but not power cmds). If we're really lucky and this resets the frame capture timers (unlikely), it might be enough.

4) Firmware:

If the capture timers are NOT reset by capture start, BMD could add this to a firmware update. Then LANC-initiated record would always start in sync (subject to gradual drift) - much nicer than having to power-cycle all the time. This might be super-easy for BMD to do.

Of course some kind of true hardware sync option (maybe via the USB or LANC ports) would be best! BMD could probably do it if they wanted to - contact them if you want this: http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/support (without demand it's unlikely to happen):

Exposure / Zoom sync:

Frame sync is the most important, but it would also be much nicer if exposure (iris, ISO, shutter-speed), focus etc settings could also be synchronised, ideally in real-time (one body acts as master, one as slave). Firmware or LANC command additions could do this.

With the pocket's small size, ultra-light and compact SBS (side-by-side) 3D rigs are possible. With 'body stacking', you can even get the lenses as close as around 70mm! With Speedboosters and fast lenses you can do lowlight and shoot wide (my target), and you have 10bit ProRes and 12bit RAW. Let's make it happen!

When you shoot and edit 4K video or 3D video how do you deliver it to your clients?

Please have a look and let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

• Focal Length - 45mm (69.3mm in 35mm format)
• 7 elements in 6 groups
• 34.7° angle of view
• 2D : F1.8* (Min. F22), Blades - 9 , Circular Aperture Diaphragm
• Minimum Focus Distance - 0.50m
• Maximum Magnification - Approx. 0.12X
• Lens Hood
• 43mm filter size
• Dual shutter
• Size - 44.4 x 61.5mm
• Weight - 115g
• Retail price - $599.99

The Samsung 45mm 2D/3D lens opens up an exciting world of 3D imaging possibilities and is the world’s first one-lens 3D system for a consumer camera. Capable of capturing both still pictures and full 1080p HD video, the Samsung NX300 and 45mm 2D/3D lens kit have become the only compact system camera supporting both 3D still and 3D movie. The NX300 is also compatible with Samsung’s entire range of NX lenses and professional standard accessories, giving users an unparalleled range of options when striving for that perfect shot

This is it - this is the real deal*

or- (URL set to start movie after the ads) at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=pAlgKxpQtB4#t=0

See also Asda gives shoppers ultimate self-portrait:

Victoria Cumberland only popped into the supermarket for a pair of tights, but she came out with a miniature figurine of herself.

Stores have long been expert at convincing shoppers to buy things they did not know they needed, but Asda’s introduction of 3D printing, a technique predicted to start a new industrial revolution in the business world, has taken the idea to new extremes.

Cinemas list - http://www.thehobbit.com/hfr3d/

What are your personal expirience?

http://www.blufftitler.us/

• 10x optical zoom with F1.8 - F3.4 aperture
• Extended Zoom : 12x(3D)/17x(2D)
• 2x 1/3.91'' (4.6mm) back-illuminated Exmor® R CMOS Sensors
• LCD Type : 3.5'' (8.8cm) Xtra Fine LCD™ display(1229K) Wide (16:9
• 63.5mm x 71.5mm x131mm
• 460g
• Expected price: $999

Links:

• http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/sonys-handycam-td30v-hands-on/
• http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&identifier=S_DI_CES2013_LandingPage

Available at:

• http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&identifier=S_DI_CES2013_LandingPage

I can't believe this is "only" a plug-in!

While a standard camera takes flat, 2-D pictures physicists from Heriot-Watt University obtain 3-D information, such as the distance to a far-away object, by bouncing a laser beam off the object and measuring how long it takes the light to travel back to a detector. The technique is called time-of-flight (ToF), and is already used in automative vehicle vision navigation systems and other applications.

The new system works by sweeping a low-power infrared laser beam rapidly over an object. It then records, pixel-by-pixel, the round-trip flight time of the photons in the beam as they bounce off the object and arrive back at the source. The system can resolve depth on the millimetre scale over long distances using a detector that can ‘count’ individual photons. Lots of applications are planned for the technology.

Pictured below: 3-D images of two of the Optics Express authors, taken in daylight from 910m away. Each standard photograph shows a close-up view of what the scanner sees. The middle left panels show 3-D images with slightly more depth detail that the right-hand panels; this is because the detector spent more time collecting the returning photons for the images on the left than on the right. Credit: Optics Express.

http://www.hw.ac.uk/news-events/news/new-camera-system-creates-high-resolution-3-d-11809.htm

From their site:

"It's not a conventional camera, but it's like a camera - particularly when it comes to learning curve and ease of use. If you can use a point-and-shoot Nikon, you'll find the Lynx even easier to use. Instead of outputting 2D images, it produces 3D models of whatever you point it at. It's faster and cheaper than existing solutions today. "

" The Object Modeling feature lets you capture detailed models of real objects. The models are accurate to below a centimeter, full-color, and to scale. Export as .obj, .stl, or .ply."

http://lynxlaboratories.com/aboutLynxA.php

http://www.gizmag.com/lynx-a-3d-modeling-camera/26149/

Links to specs page - http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/compact/3d1/

It can combine photos for more DR, shoot photos and videos without interruption, many things.

Good thing that they are now available for quite cheap at ebay - http://www.ebay.com/sch/Digital-Cameras-/31388/i.html?_sop=15&_nkw=panasonic+3d1

As 3D TV continues to grow, competition between two main 3D technologies is heating up, and film patterned retarder is finally catching up to the more established shutter glass approach. According to research firm DisplaySearch, demand for 3D patterned retarder film is expected to reach 34 million units in 2013.

"Despite the fact that 3D TV has not grown as fast as many in the industry expected, the penetration rate is still growing steadily. Nearly 30% of LCD TV panels shipped in 2013 will have 3D capability," noted Yoonsung Chung, director of large-size displays for DisplaySearch. "3D patterned retarder film reportedly minimizes eye fatigue, and demand for it is growing at a much faster pace. It is forecast to account for 48% of total 3D TV panel shipments in 2013, up from 39% in 2011."

Via: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130328PR200.html

And 4K passive 3D panels will be absolutely perfect thing :-)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/621838643/desktop-3d-scanner

Panasonic Corp developed a 2.1-Mpixel CMOS image sensor for camera systems capable of taking 3D movie with a single lens and announced it at ISSCC 2013

For taking 3D video, it is necessary to separate light into light entering the left eye and light entering the right eye and to make sure that the two types of lights come to different pixels of the CMOS sensor. To realize this, Panasonic employed a structure that combines a lenticular lens and mirror elements (digital micro lenses: DMLs) made by forming patterns whose size is smaller than light wavelength with a lithography technology.

Via: http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20130223/267691/

Cool 3d pen: http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/75-3d-printing-pen-20130219/

Man, I would have had fun with that in High School! Anyone ordered one of these?

It was a lot of work and it's not without its flaws, but considering the crew (three people including me apart from the make-up artist) and the time we had it came out quite decent.

Please tell me what you think!

By the way, I shot it with the Driftwood Apocalypse Now! 6GOP Nebula patch, and the lenses I used were:

· Rokinon 28mm f2.8 · Minolta MD 50mm f1.7 · Minolta MD 135mm f2.8

If you have any questions just ask!