Stereo Cameras
Most of the images on this website were taken with a Fuji W3 twin lens pocket 3D camera. It takes wonderful 3D images and has a glasses-free screen so I can compose the image in 3D as I take the shot. The camera has HD video capability. I have a Recsea WHF-3DW3 underwater housing for this camera, which enables all of the features to be accessed underwater.

I also use some single lens cameras, which are twinned and linked together via their USB ports, to make 3D rigs. I have a pair of Canon SX200IS cameras paired in this way, which have X12 zoom capability, and also a pair of more modern Samsung NX1000 cameras, linked similarly. The Canon pair are controlled by a free software download called StereoData Maker from http://sdm.camera/index.htm. Both rigs have video capability. The cameras are linked by special USB cables designed for specific cameras see http://www.drt3d.com/ or from digi-dat.de for more details.


I use a Panasonic Lumix GX7 camera, fitted with the 3D lens attachment, for close-ups, particularly time lapse and for bird table photography. As supplied the GX7 focuses down to about 0.6m, however it is easy to modify the lens housing by inserting spacer washers so it can focus to 150 or 100mm, by inserting 1.0 or 1.3mm spacers. See George Themelis website http://www.drt-3d.com/ for details. The camera has a built-in timer, which is great for time-lapse studies. It can also be linked to my SmartPhone for unobtrusive start and stop of video photography of birds. I also use a Pluto Trigger with a motion detector so birds can take their own close-up photos, see https://plutotrigger.com/.

My latest addition is a pair of GoPro 3+ Black cameras, complete with a coupling for 3D photography and an underwater housing. Synchronization of the shutters is excellent and I am very pleased with the results I obtained. The cameras can also be linked to a SmartPhone for remotely operated photography.

I use the free software StereoPhoto Maker obtained from https://stereo.jpn.org/eng/index.html to align the stereo pairs of images and do some