{"id":415,"date":"2010-04-21T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T12:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/415-3d-printed-stereo-macroscope-and-twin-rig-3d-camera-system.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:54:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:54:58","slug":"3d-printed-stereo-macroscope-and-twin-rig-3d-camera-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/3d-printed-stereo-macroscope-and-twin-rig-3d-camera-system","title":{"rendered":"3D printed Stereo Macroscope and twin rig 3D camera system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Bignell is a creative engineer and inventor that has used Shapeways to make a stereo macroscope and twin rig 3D camera system. We asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/hisdesign?user_id=24196\">Tones-3D<\/a>, as he is known on Shapeways, to explain his 3D printing projects to us.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Tony Bignell: To talk about the stereo macroscope, I really must talk about the whole 3-D twin-rig camera system, most of which uses parts printed by Shapeways.&nbsp; It starts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/72937\/baseplate_for_stereo_3_d_twin_rig_camera.html\">with the camera base<\/a>.&nbsp; This allows me to trigger both cameras simultaneously, using the USB socket (and an ingenious camera software hack called Stereo Data Maker), and a set of batteries-and- switch contained within the printed baseplate.&nbsp; <b>I use this setup for taking 3-D photos<\/b>, but there&#8217;s a limitation: I must be a minimum of 2 meters from the nearest part of the scene or there will be too much stereo differential.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The <b>Stereo Macroscope works like a pair of sideways periscopes<\/b>, and reduces the minmum distance to about 600 millimeters; this, plus a little bit of zoom-in on the cameras&#8217; lenses, allows me to take some of the macro 3-D photos I love taking.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s a sample of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abignell.id.au\/VioletTownAlbum\/lichen.html\">one of the photographs<\/a>. &nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>In addition to this, <b>I love wide-angle lenses for scenery photography<\/b>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/72944\/wide_angle_lens_adaptor_for_stereo_3_d_twinrig.html\">here they are on Shapeways<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:1052 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"474\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/photos-photo13536_wide_angle_lens_adaptor2.jpg\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; \"><\/p>\n<p>This also uses a couple of other Shapeways-printed parts. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/93536\/twin_wide_angle_lens_cap.html\">Twin Wide Angle Lens Cap<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/72950\/twin_rear_lens_cover.html%20\">twin rear lens cover<\/a>.&nbsp;<!-- s9ymdb:1055 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"474\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/twin_wide_angle_lens_cap2.jpg\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; \"><\/p>\n<p>I have also made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/92233\/z_bracket_kit_2.html\">3-D camera for my wife Robin<\/a>. The <b>reason for setting up camera upside-down is to get the lenses closer together than on my own rig, because Robin take more social photos<\/b>, and getting a bit closer is desirable, and possible thanks to the closer lens spacing.&nbsp; <!-- s9ymdb:1053 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"474\" width=\"640\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; \" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/photos-photo13546_twin_rig_zbracket_camera2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A few of her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abignell.id.au\/robin\/mainpg.html%20\">photos are posted on her page<\/a>, scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the 3-D photo sets.<\/p>\n<p>Tony, thank you so much for sharing your great project with us! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Bignell is a creative engineer and inventor that has used Shapeways to make a stereo macroscope and twin rig&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[478],"tags":[482,477],"class_list":["post-415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-6-inspiration","tag-1-whats-hot"],"thumbnail":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3D printed Stereo Macroscope and twin rig 3D camera system - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tony Bignell is a creative engineer and inventor that has used Shapeways to make a stereo macroscope and twin rig 3D camera system. 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