Subject: Stereo Pro File AddedDate: 2008-01-06 12:43:14From: Sam Smith
Ryan and others,
I have uploaded a rough PDF file of my StereoPro camera in the Files
section. As noted on other lists, my original files are corrupt and
I'm still searching for the original images I took on this project.
The file I added should be revised with more pictures and text once I
find it.
Ryan, your general ideas about construction are very good. I merged
the two bottom halves of the bodies and used one viewer top
perpendicular to the others and in the middle. Linkage of the
apertures was by a swing arm, which is much simpler and easier to do
than use gears. The shutters were merged to a single shutter (master)
and the secondary (slave). The slave shutter has all gear components
removed, and a direct pivot arm was added to link the slave shutter
blades to the master. This provides perfect sync at any speed, but
there was a down side: the higher shutter speeds were lowered, so
1/500th was now 1/175th.
Advance was easy, focus control have to be moved to the ends
(originally the bottom of the single cameras).
This camera gave me about 5 years of constant use. Unfortunately a
recent "tune-up" I did rendered the original shutter useless, as some
key components broke.
I'll provide more info when I have it. BTW, I'd love to cross post
this to the "Camera Hackers" group if there are no objections.
Sam
I have uploaded a rough PDF file of my StereoPro camera in the Files
section. As noted on other lists, my original files are corrupt and
I'm still searching for the original images I took on this project.
The file I added should be revised with more pictures and text once I
find it.
Ryan, your general ideas about construction are very good. I merged
the two bottom halves of the bodies and used one viewer top
perpendicular to the others and in the middle. Linkage of the
apertures was by a swing arm, which is much simpler and easier to do
than use gears. The shutters were merged to a single shutter (master)
and the secondary (slave). The slave shutter has all gear components
removed, and a direct pivot arm was added to link the slave shutter
blades to the master. This provides perfect sync at any speed, but
there was a down side: the higher shutter speeds were lowered, so
1/500th was now 1/175th.
Advance was easy, focus control have to be moved to the ends
(originally the bottom of the single cameras).
This camera gave me about 5 years of constant use. Unfortunately a
recent "tune-up" I did rendered the original shutter useless, as some
key components broke.
I'll provide more info when I have it. BTW, I'd love to cross post
this to the "Camera Hackers" group if there are no objections.
Sam