3D video camera launched

Too close for comfort!
"The new model currently only works effectively on subjects that are between one and three metres away, and there’s no zoom"
 
Remember 3D works best if the camera separation is ~1/30 the distance to the object of interest. So even if you can separate your cameras by 10 feet you need to be ~100 yards from the tornado. I guess that's kinda far for some people these days...
 
Wow, it's amazing how fast the technology is evolving. I've worked with professional 3D IMAX quality cameras before and there are many real challenges to shooting in 3D.

Scene composition and space around your subject matter is very important and of course, not being able to zoom complicates issues. Shooting 3D video for real is as complicated as shooting a feature film and I can only imagine how nauseating it would be to watch the average storm chasing video in 3D.

Any shaky shots will give you a headache and you won't get the 3D benefit on distant objects.

This is an interesting camera, but realistically... Meh, I wouldn't dash out to buy one.

George Kourounis
www.stormchaser.ca
 
Of course...I finally upgrade to HD to stay current and here comes 3D!!!

I hate technology I really do. Take me back the days when people weren't spoiled and lazy. I hope 3D chasing is a hard flop because I don't feel like upgrading in another 2 years, not only that but how much processing power are you going to need to work on the video.

My pentium4 is about to explode from handling this years HD video and if it weren't for that I would have no plans to get rid of the current PC I am using but alas I find myself stretching my budget even further just so I can get a new PC for the sole purpose of efficiently editing HD video.
 
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