I can hardly believe that my posts from last year about some of the technical challenges of shooting ‘sync’ 3D with the Canon DSLR’s are consistently getting the most hits on Digital Cinema Demystified to date. There seems to be some major interest… and need… out there for a “proper” stereoscopic solution for the DSLR.
Many thanks to Karl Kozak for bringing this to my attention and adding this to the continuing story:
Gen-lock Canon 5D Cameras & Shoot 3D! from Karl’s blog http://karlkozak.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/gen-lock-the-canon-5d-mark-ii-shoot-3d/
Every month the 3D Film Factory receives dozens of calls from Canon 5D owners worldwide asking us how they can gen-lock their DSLR cameras to shoot “in sync” 3D. Unfortunately, we’ve had to tell them that it wasn’t yet possible to gen-lock any of the Canon DSLR cameras, or Nikons for that matter. And yes, you can shoot 3D without gen-locking your cameras, but the frames will be misaligned and you can’t fix it in post. We’ve tried, trust us it looks bad.
But now, thanks to Peter Clark at Attic Studios, ingenuity has succeeded once again. Mr. Clark has devised a simple, field-tested method for gen-locking the Canon 5D mark II DSLR cameras, and thus creating beautiful, aligned, “in sync” 3D.
To read more visit — http://3dfilmfactory.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93:gen-lock-canon-5d-mark-ii-cameras-and-shoot-3d&catid=42:press
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