July 20, 2009 at 15:19The first “soap box” for 3D photography on sale since September for $ 600
Fujifilm, ten years ago, was the market leader in digital cameras (now it receives from digital cameras only 5% of its income, and specializes in professional equipment for medicine, cinema, etc.), still has not lost its former ambitions. She tries to do everything in her own way, everywhere uses unique technologies (for example, what CCD with hexagonal elements are worth!). And now - the world's first amateur stereo camera, which will be available in two months.
In terms of dimensions and weight, the FinePix Real 3D System camera is comparable to a conventional soap box. The main difference is not one, but two lenses, which are approximately the same distance from each other as human eyes. Inside the camera are two 10-megapixel sensors.
Lenses and sensors are controlled independently of each other, so you can take a picture of an object at the same time with two focal lengths (at zoom and wide-angle). In addition, the lenses can be directed in different directions and make an ultra-wide panorama that sticks together automatically.
The announcement of this model took place a year ago at the Photokina exhibition, and now the date of the start of sales in Europe is announced : September 2009. At the Moscow representative office of Fujifilm, if you ask carefully, now you can take this model for testing.
The cost of new items will be about $ 600.
Since there are two lenses in the camera, recording a 3D image is a commonplace task. Another thing is viewing captured 3D photos. Fujifilm offers for this purpose a special stereo tablet with a diagonal of 20 cm (a couple of hundred dollars).
Alternatively, stereo images can be printed on transparent plastic while preserving depth. Such a printer is very expensive, you can’t buy it at home, so the 3D printing service will work via the Internet (Fujifilm promises to launch in the near future). Plastic cards with your photos will be sent by mail.
According to approximate estimates, each card will cost several dollars. Also an expensive pleasure. But here it makes sense to dump, because the future of mass three-dimensional photography depends on the availability of prints. Fujifilm management is well aware that it is very important to offer low prices for this service.
Fujifilm hopes that three-dimensional photographs will become for people the same routine as now a "flat" photograph. And then the company will regain its former leadership position. Well, quite possibly. Personally, I know one person who is fanatically fond of 3D photography and designs a variety of devices with his own hands to take 3D pictures, then he “glues” them on a computer (special programs are released for this). For him, the appearance of the FinePix Real 3D System camera will probably be the main event of the year.
As you know, in developed countries, sales of digital cameras have almost stopped growing. The market has reached saturation and clearly needs some kind of revolutionary technology that will force people to buy new digital cameras. 3D photography is great for the role of this new technology.
Although, on the other hand, attempts to make a stereo camera with two lenses were made earlier, and they were not too successful. For example, in the photo below - the ancient Kodak stereo camera.
Even in the USSR, it seems, did something similar?
In terms of dimensions and weight, the FinePix Real 3D System camera is comparable to a conventional soap box. The main difference is not one, but two lenses, which are approximately the same distance from each other as human eyes. Inside the camera are two 10-megapixel sensors.
Lenses and sensors are controlled independently of each other, so you can take a picture of an object at the same time with two focal lengths (at zoom and wide-angle). In addition, the lenses can be directed in different directions and make an ultra-wide panorama that sticks together automatically.
The announcement of this model took place a year ago at the Photokina exhibition, and now the date of the start of sales in Europe is announced : September 2009. At the Moscow representative office of Fujifilm, if you ask carefully, now you can take this model for testing.
The cost of new items will be about $ 600.
Since there are two lenses in the camera, recording a 3D image is a commonplace task. Another thing is viewing captured 3D photos. Fujifilm offers for this purpose a special stereo tablet with a diagonal of 20 cm (a couple of hundred dollars). Alternatively, stereo images can be printed on transparent plastic while preserving depth. Such a printer is very expensive, you can’t buy it at home, so the 3D printing service will work via the Internet (Fujifilm promises to launch in the near future). Plastic cards with your photos will be sent by mail.
According to approximate estimates, each card will cost several dollars. Also an expensive pleasure. But here it makes sense to dump, because the future of mass three-dimensional photography depends on the availability of prints. Fujifilm management is well aware that it is very important to offer low prices for this service.
Fujifilm hopes that three-dimensional photographs will become for people the same routine as now a "flat" photograph. And then the company will regain its former leadership position. Well, quite possibly. Personally, I know one person who is fanatically fond of 3D photography and designs a variety of devices with his own hands to take 3D pictures, then he “glues” them on a computer (special programs are released for this). For him, the appearance of the FinePix Real 3D System camera will probably be the main event of the year.
As you know, in developed countries, sales of digital cameras have almost stopped growing. The market has reached saturation and clearly needs some kind of revolutionary technology that will force people to buy new digital cameras. 3D photography is great for the role of this new technology.
Although, on the other hand, attempts to make a stereo camera with two lenses were made earlier, and they were not too successful. For example, in the photo below - the ancient Kodak stereo camera.
Even in the USSR, it seems, did something similar?