We'd heard Panasonic was planning a
more affordable stereoscopic 3D camcorder, but it looks like we won't have to wait until a
mysterious July 28th Tokyo unveiling to find out for sure -- it's called the HDC-SDT750, and Panny's advertising it as the "World's first 3D Shooting Camcorder." Leaks at all the seams of the company's website afforded us the above picture, and the surprising revelation that the product may not be a brand-new camcorder, but rather an existing high-end
3MOS model (we'd guess the
HDC-HS700) with a "3D conversion lens" attached. If the yet-to-be-activated product page's source code can be believed, the SDT750 will shoot in 1080p AVCHD at 60fps, feature Panny's proprietary Hybrid O.I.S. image stabilization technology, and come in a lovely shade of Henry Ford black. That's all we have for now (save a second tiny picture after the break) but rest assured we'll be keeping tabs on this one.
Update: Looks as if even more images and purported specifications have
leaked out ahead of the official reveal.
[Thanks, John]
posted July 25th 2010 1:04PM
If you do 3D, and it's holographic, you fail. Just ask my buddy Lord Vader and his fancy holo-cubes.
I have to agree with Ebert on this one. 3D is a waste. Higher framerates for movie productions would be much more useful for 'immersion'. Even when watching Avatar in digital 3D, I found the motion judder and low framerates during the action sequences to be unbearable. We need to fix that problem first, then maybe we'll have the technology to do 3D right (no, wearing silly glasses is in no way 'right').
Woh! Looks like *someone* ignored their NDA, or didn't sign it...
looks like a regular camcorder with a cyber potato silencer attached
Oh boy! It probably "shutters" each eye and records the stereo pair serially in the data stream. Or uses interlacing.
Hell, why not just get (2) small form-factor $900 HD cameras, put them side-by-side, sync off a slate and do it that way?
@benheckendorn
Because you can't get the lenses close together enough. If the distance between the centres of the lenses is greater than the distance between your eyes (approx 6.5cms) then the 3D effect starts to look unnatural and eventually the images will not fuse into 3D. A Larger IA (inter axial) distance also means you cannot shoot anything relatively close to the lens.
Also, you cannot sync two camcorders unless they have genlock. Two cameras with genlock will cost you $1000s.
So is it really 1080p 60 each eye ? Than they either must have cranked the chip well to be able to record at 120p or it is 1080i 60 each eye, meaning 1080p 30, which would still be rather not that bad.
But with the 3D Blu Ray format being the universal 1080p 23.976 will the camera do that too, or will we have to convert it ? I would rather preffer the native 1080p 24 each eye only and that would take some heat off the chip.Nevermind, let's wait for more details...
Frame your shots in 3D on the these cameras by sticking Anaglyph glasses over the lenses and viewing the LCD with another pair? :-)
Wow you have to admit that loks pretty cool
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