Amateur Photographer

DIGITAL STARS 3D or not 3D?

We see the world in three-dimensional depth because we have two eyes. Each eye sees the scene before us from a slightly different viewpoint, then the brain combines this information to give us one view and the illusion of depth. If we use a camera with two lenses, then view its resulting twin images so that the left eye sees only the view from the left lens and the right eye sees only the view from the right lens, the brain works its magic and the image appears in three dimensions.

Three-dimensional photography – more popularly known as 3D, or stereo – was much loved by the Victorians. It also gained popularity

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