Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Thursday 9th October - Latest 3D news

Good day to you all,

Good news for 3d photographers was announced this week by camera makers Fuji. Sometime in the next year they intend to sell a 6 mega pixel digital camera with two lenses to enable 3d photography to be available to all. As yet there is no announcement of a launch date nor of a price. One thing is for sure though, and that is you can almost guarantee that this photographer will be doing his hardest to get hold of one as soon as they are on the shelves. You can read the Fuji press release by clicking here.

This is exciting news for me. At the moment I take my 3d's by using two Canon Ixus's (or should that be Ixi?) and, though I'm more than happy with the results I get from them, I do get a little frustrated trying to capture, in 3d, things that move quickly. Things like water, birds or my step daughter. It usually takes me many attempts before I manage to get a pair of photos that match to be able to create the anaglyph. Now it's not clear to me at the moment if the Fuji with provide me with two shots of the same subject to be able to create my own anaglyphs, or if the camera does all this for you in the form of a lenticular image. I look forward to finding out.


My own photography (3d or otherwise) continues to take a back seat to the house improvements. The weather here has changed for the better, which means more outside house work will be scheduled for the coming weekend. I'll have to see if I can sneak away for a couple of hours to get a couple more villages in the bag.

This weeks update is of
Southstoke and the second Amiens page is now active. Southstoke is a lovely place to visit and, though I didn't try it for myself, the local pub, The Packhorse Inn, looked very welcoming. Unfortunately, when I'm out doing the 3d stuff time is of the most importance. So stopping for a meal at the local is not something I do. I ought to be much further ahead in stock for the 3d site that I can really take in everything about the village and enjoy some of the hospitality on offer. Alas, the amount of wet weather we have had this year means I am rapidly running out of new villages to update the website with. In fact, it's been so wet, I wouldn't have been at all surprised had I seen a bearded bloke rounding up 2 of every animal, heading towards a big boat on a hill. So it would really help me if you'd all pray for good dry weather over the next couple of months, just to give me a chance to boost the 3d stock.

Frank Matthys has produced two more 3d books to add to the Bruges in 3d book I've been championing over the last few weeks. He has one of Ypres in France and of Leuven in Belgium. Click
here to find out more and don't forget to mention Somerset3d if you should decide to purchase one of his books. The interview with Frank is still on the cards, I'm just waiting for him to have some free time to be able to answer my questions.

Right, that's it from me. I don't want to be too late to bed tonight.

Have a good weekend and I see you all next week.

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