- Says "Sports Illustrated"
- it also says it on his hat in much bigger letters. lol - Nas Karas
- The hat says 3d-Illustrated Stereography
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I think this is David Klutho uberphotog from Sports Illustrated. He has what appears to be two Nikon D700 cameras "glued" together with a 24-70mm f/2.8G attached. I am guessing there is some custom eletronics to synchronize the exposure and focus between the two. The little black box on the camera on the right has a cable running in one side and out the other. It has a simple toggle switch and what appears to be a indicator light. He was taking shots into the crowd.
Looks like he has done this before. Check out this book.
Seen in Explore!
Highest position: 56 on Monday, March 1, 2010
Also various mentions elsewhere.
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bigsassysmurf (39 months ago | reply)
he looks so happy to be there - i've never seen 2 cameras glued together - wonder if this was his own invention - with money you can do just about anything : )
Londonstudios (39 months ago | reply)
One is heavy enough!
R11S (39 months ago | reply)
Some sort of 3D photography would be my guess... with 3D becoming so big I wouldn't be surprised.
www.3dstereo.com/viewmaster/cam-holp.html
I'd love just half of his equipment. Nice setup!!!
kallo39 (39 months ago | reply)
I wonder if I can do the same with a couple of disposable kodaks : )
graemej (39 months ago | reply)
I suspect he's doing this for 3d pictures.
Soraya/Galeria Virtual [deleted] (39 months ago | reply)
Que Charme....Muito simpatico!!!!
Prazer em conhece-lo....
Bjs.
Arlenk. (39 months ago | reply)
wow! great,thanks for sharing impormation, Russ, cool!
Lhtnup (39 months ago | reply)
It looks like a setup for stereophotography.
R. Adams (39 months ago | reply)
I wonder if its for teh 3d??!/1!?
Captive Light (39 months ago | reply)
If you look closely you will see that one camera is mounted upside down. Probably so that the cameras are closer together to give the optimal image separation as we normally see with our eyes.
Good catch.
Geoffrey Kroll (39 months ago | reply)
Who the heck uses the little crappy Nikon neck strap for one camera, let alone two ? I can feel the neck pinch as I sit here. ;- )
denis6181 (39 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Le coin des photogaphes, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Robb Mann (39 months ago | reply)
syncing focus and shutter is actually easy - you can ebay wired remotes that can control two nikons at the same time - cost is minimal, around $20.
bigsassysmurf (39 months ago | reply)
Congratulations on Explore and the Hockey win : )
Russ Beinder (39 months ago | reply)
Thanks... what an unbelievable end to the game. I am flying today and would have missed it if they had not gone to OT.
trickyoho (39 months ago | reply)
Agree with @Captive Light. If you look on the largest size you can see that the cable appears to be leaving the remote port (or some other port) on the right camera, goes through that electrical box of trickery and then presumably heads into the remote port of the left camera, I'm not so sure that the focus and exposure are linked, but perhaps they are.
I wonder how reliable that gear mechanism is for the zooms?
Uncle Fart's Photo Follies (39 months ago | reply)
I remember this being done with motor drive Hasselblads in the eighties or even seventies. One reason Hass produced a multiple camera trigger back then.
4thebug (Angie Johnson) (39 months ago | reply)
very cool !! I want one ❤ ...
congrats on Explore ;)
Dr. Ilia (39 months ago | reply)
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Matthew J Shaw (39 months ago | reply)
Look closely. The focus seems to be mechanically linked between the two lenses. Each lens has a gear attached to it in the same way a cine lens would have for follow focus. The lenses are then linked via a chain. both lenses can then be racked at the same time. Have a look at the original sized image for more detail.
Twisted Melon (39 months ago | reply)
Aren't those the ZOOM rings that are racked? It makes much more sense to rack the zoom rings, because focus can be set to automatic for both bodies with an overlapping focus point.
It's also a lot easier to build an automatic trigger than it is to actually create something that needs to talk to Nikon's firmware. The first can be done by a sole hobbyist while the second would need Nikon's involvement.
Matthew J Shaw (39 months ago | reply)
@Twisted Melon, Oh it definitely is the Zoom ring in this instance that is being racked. Nikon lenses have the zoom ring at the rear and the focus at the front. I was saying it was similar to a cine Follow focus style of set up so I was a bit ambiguous there. Yup totally agree with you here on both points.
_sarchi (39 months ago | reply)
there was a guy in london in the eighties who
assembled two slr's together for pin registration
at a sum..
Dale Simonson (39 months ago | reply)
16,578 views, Russ! (10 pm Mar 1) Woohooo!
Russ Beinder (39 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the woot Dale. I had a photo a week ago that shot up over 5000 views in a week when I appeared in the flickr blog. This one hit 5000 in hours. My last photo to get this high took years. It is fun to watch the hits.
R11S (39 months ago | reply)
The hits on this are insane Russ!!! Interestingness is an understatement!
So cool. Congrats!!
ignomini (39 months ago | reply)
This camera is set up for stereo photography. He's using electronics to sync focus, exposure and shutter. The belt is used to sync zoom. RBT film cameras use linked lens pairs with aperture, focus and zoom linked by either belts or rods. The critical issue with a digital stereo camera is getting the two cameras to use the exact same exposure and focus settings, or as close to that as can be achieved. Also, the shutters have to fire together. To see RBT stereo cameras go to Jon Golden's site www.make3dimages.com
LOlandeseVolante (39 months ago | reply)
Nice shot! Nice choice of focus.
'Deborah Chen (39 months ago | reply)
well I've forwarded this to about a dozen people :)))
jomak14 (39 months ago | reply)
22,112 + 1 views!
sohiroshi (39 months ago | reply)
Wow, that's cool.
fotoamater.com (39 months ago | reply)
Well, his hat clearly says "3D Illustrated-stereophotography", wink wink...
Good catch Russ...
eglinskibernd [deleted] (39 months ago | reply)
nice shot
artland (39 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called artland, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Studio Nouvelle Photography (39 months ago | reply)
This just proves that Nikon users ROCK!!!!!!!!!!
Love2Cycle (39 months ago | reply)
When I was at NASA Ames in Mt. View, CA in 1973 we sync'd multiple Hasselblad 500's. Stereo photos need two lenses not two cameras and the lenses need to be offset inward about 7 degrees to copy the perspective of human vision.
allanchen+_= (37 months ago | reply)
superb!
Jordi Troguet (32 months ago | reply)
WOW !!!!!!!
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3dphoto.net (20 months ago | reply)
That is definitely him- I'm looking at his picture in the Sports Illustrated book.
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alpenhause (5 days ago | reply)
For 3D Stereo, two Hassleblad 500EL/M cameras on a bar 24" apart, electrically syncronised shutter release button fires both simultaneously.
This is what "World Class Best 3D" is all about, Hasselblad is the Best! "F" The Rest!