Fujifilm has launched a new compact digital camera which is capable of capturing 3D images and video. The camera, named the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W1, is Fujifilm's first camera to be able to do this, and does it through the use of two lenses and two 10MP CCDs. The camera will be launched in the UK in September, according to a statement from Fuji.The camera is held securely inside an aluminium die-cast frame, and has a 2.8 inch 3D LCD screen at the back of it, capable of displaying the 3D images and video clips that are captured by the camera. The 3D image capture works by capturing images from both lenses and then merging them into a single image, through the use of Fujifilm's "Real Photo Processor 3D".
The camera allows the two lenses to work independently, meaning that a picture of the same scene could be taken by both lenses, but with different photographic settings for each one. In addition, the user can take a picture of an object from one position, and then take a picture of it from another position, and the camera will merge the two, giving a better sense of depth in images captured.
In 2D shooting mode, the user can take advantage of the 3x optical zoom offered by each lens, taking a wide-angle shot with one lens, and a close-up with the other.
Images and videos made in 3D will require a frame capable of displaying them in 3D, and Fujifilm have released a product for just that: the Fujifilm Real 3D V1 picture viewer. Images captured on the camera can be wirelessly transferred to the frame by infrared, although only SD/SDHC memory can be used for the transfer of 3D movies.
Prices are unavailable for the products so far, but there should be an update in the coming weeks, as the products are due for release in the UK in September.
Fujifilm is not my personal favourite brand, but if it gets good reviews I may put my hands on one.
Since it's the first one I doubt prices will be cheap, but hopefully Nikon, Canon and Sony will catch up.
Right....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo_camera
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0907/09072206...ilmw1.asp#press
Right....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo_camera
Right...it's stereoscopic, not 3D in the sense that you can do full 360 degree rotation. But of course, "3D" sounds a lot more impressive to your average ejit.
That is not what they wrote. It's the first one from FujiFilm.
Check the features page. You got an example there:
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/3d/camera...es/page_02.html
You can change the angles, in a limited range.
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/3d/camera...es/page_02.html
You can change the angles, in a limited range.
Seems kind of pointless really, if that's the angle range. If you could turn a massive 180 degrees, I'd be somewhat more impressed, but otherwise, meh.
I still 0.5xmeh.
you cant generate a 3d image beyond the pictures you already took... so supposing that you use the 'merge' feature with a firmware update that allows more than 2 pictures, and assuming that the scene around your object is still enough, you could create a 'ring' of pictures which go around your subject...
http://www.anachrome.com/
http://www.anachrome.com/
wow that site is like a time machine! I just went back to 1996
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I'm sure this will be MUCH more developed in 10years.
If it really does give some real picture depth with a custom frame then that is still kind of cool. There could also be some interesting depth filter in photoshop and other photo editing suites.
No glasses etc, they do it now for video basically, I don't see why photo's wouldn't work as well.
they do. just expensive.
Hmm...I remember seeing some basic point-and-shoot shutter lens cameras with some fancy lenses. The Finepix Pro series is what I'm thinking of. Hrm... some places are advertising it as an SLR. I wouldn't consider it an SLR, but i may be wrong. We have one here where I work, and the quality and over feel of it is more like a CCD censor with a fancy lens. Doesn't match the quality of our Nikon and Cannon DSLR cameras by a long shot IMHO.
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/s/
Their S series are around for quite some time now. I'm surprised you've never seen a Fuji DSLR.
FugiFilm doesn't make DSLR cameras, but FujiFilm does (or at least did) and pretty spectacular ones too. I am a happy owner of the FujiFilm FinePix S5Pro myself, and this is an awesome camera. It can't be beat on color tones and dynamic range, but it is not a sports-camera.
Check out this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carpeicthus/450812330/
Get into high end fashion photography though, and neither exists, then you deal with the 3 big players, Mamiya, Hassleblad, and Contax
Kodak exited the DSLR business. FujiFilm hasn't released anything since the S5Pro, but they haven't said whether or not they will return with new camera(s) or not. I'm hoping FujiFilm will release a Super CCD EXR based DSLR, but nothing has been announced --except compact and bridge cameras, and special cameras like the 3D camera here as well as many types of industrial imaging products.
Not quite true, many high end fashion photographers use the S5Pro.
How about http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_c...inepix_s200exr/ ?
Unless I'm terribly mistaken these 2 new models sport a Super CCD EXR sensor.
And btw, I'm a big fan of Fuji's Super CCDs. Definitely one of the best sensor out there.
Unless I'm terribly mistaken these 2 new models sport a Super CCD EXR sensor.
Yes, but those are bridge cameras, not DSLRs.
Yes, but it is not just the sensors, it is also the IQ FujiFilm use to process the information from the sensors when producing the images. Simply stunning. The day FujiFilm launches a new DSLR with EXR is the day I get a new DSLR.
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