Rigged for Stereo

[mbarrick]

The second, matching lens I was waiting for arrived today. Using my flash bracket for a mount, I rigged the two identical cameras up in tandem for a test shot. They both trigger with the remote quite nicely, although, as I expected, the synch is nowhere near perfect. I could hear the shutters closing about a quarter second apart. That's not good enough for anything in motion - that's where the Stereo Realist will continue to be useful - but plenty good enough for this sort of thing and anything else where there isn't too much motion. Note that in the test Tharsis is sitting next to me. I've never managed to get a clear shot of a cat using the slide technique (taking two pictures with the same camera), so this is a definite improvement over that.

Comments

[donnaidh-sidhe.livejournal.com]

That's seriously spiffy.

[tnkgrl.livejournal.com]

You are sooo nerdelicious :)

[nocturnalmuse.livejournal.com]

That is definitely cool. Have you got some kind of dual-mount tripod head or something going on there?

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Sort of. It is the base of the flash bracket you see in my icon on this comment. The grip that the flash perches on attaches to the plate with the same thread as a tripod mount. With the grip off there is *just* enough room to attach the cameras side-by-side.