13
2009
World's first consumer 3D stills could be in your mitts come September
Notice anything strange about this Fujifilm camera? How about the fact that it's got two lenses on it? And the word 3D?
Yes, that's right. This is the latest in Fujifilm's philosophy entitled "if you can't beat them, patent something they haven't already thought of" and in this case, it's the world's first consumer 3D stills camera.
It works by taking two slightly different angles of the same action and the images are either displayed in print with a clear plastic overlay that acts like a lens or on a 8-inch LCD photoframe that directs the images separately at the left and right eyes.
On the one hand it stinks of gimmick, on the other, it's a gimmick I just really want to try. Imagine your friends looking through your future photos of your safari holiday. Imagine the shots of charging rhinos actually looking like they're coming right out the picture.
Naturally, this fun isn't going to come cheap when it's launched in Europe in September. They're looking at $600 for the camera, a few hundred more for the frame and prints could cost anything up to a couple of quid a shot.
Oh, and the name. Oh yes. The working title is the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D System. Let's hope they find a short version, eh.
(via Time)
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This is amazing, I'd like to see a picture taken by this camera, I have to save money to can buy it but I'd be nice to have it.
Now that's really a something which is really cool. Well done Fuji!
"On the one hand it stinks of gimmick, on the other, it's a gimmick I just really want to try."
Totally sums up my reaction too, I'm fairly sure this is one of those products of the future that Sci-fi promised me as a child. 3D photos/advertising and flying cars, I'd be more excited about a flying car but I'll take what I can get!
Wonder how quickly the prices will drop, it sounds amazing but it's a bit out of my budget right now - no ones going to buy that camera and then only want one frame/a handful of prints, are they?!
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