Self portrait in the calibration lab made during a test of new software. When this picture was taken the new code was in a user hostile pre-alpha mode. I like the noise and banding effect even though it was caused by a bug that we fixed the next day.
The system is now producing low-noise 5MP color images that are over 16 bits deep. Unfortunately the lenses are now the weak link. Once the custom lenses are built and installed (April 2009) I will begin posting the results.
This hodgepodge of cameras, epoxy, and even duct tape was was used to develop 3D scanning software. After the research (late 2007) it was dissasembled and 7 of the 8 Canon 5Ds (I kept one =:-) were sold on E-bay. A much improved Prototype 4B with 10 custom cameras and lenses will allow a new phase of development in early 2009.
Since 2003 I’ve been refining the patented 3D-360: an omnidirectional stereoscopic camera system. In this 2007 picture, prototype 3.2 is being upgraded to Proto-3.3.
Currently (December 2008) a much-improved Proto-4B is being built with an ETA of April 2009.
While developing calibration routines for my cameras these images were generated.