3D Photography Slide-Bars, How to Make 3D Camera Slide-Bars and Twin-Cam Mounting Bars

By Michael Beech

Complete descriptions of Slide-Bars, Folding Bars, Twin-Cam Bars, Dual Bars, Super Compact Bars, and amazing Compound Bars that have stereo bases exceeding their length. 12 camera mounting bars are shown in all, including 51 color photos and instructions on how you can make them easily, at almost no cost from wood and aluminum and parts you may have around the house. Just a few simple tools are all that are required, such as a drill and small drill bits, screwdriver, a fine tooth saw, glue and sandpaper.

For as little as $3, you will be set to take 3D photos in any situation, including time lapse in darkened museums, macro 3D and even fast moving sports 3D with the easy to use freeware, SDM.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
StereoData Maker
How to Use the 3D Slide-Bar
Bar #1
Dual Camera, Dual Stereo Base, Folding Bar
Bar #2
Dual Camera, Single Stereo Base, Folding Bar
Bar #3
Dual Camera, and Dual, Single, or Multiple Stereo Base
Bar #4
Single Camera, Adjustable Base, Slide-bar
Bar #5
Single Camera, Adjustable Base, Slide-bar
Bar #6
Dual (Twin-Cam) or Single Camera, Adjustable Base Slide-bar
Bar #7
Dual Camera, Multiple Fixed Base
Bar #8
Single camera, Adjustable Base
Bar #9
Single camera, Adjustable Base
Bar #10
Single camera, Compound Slide-Bar, Adjustable Base
Bar #11
Single camera, Compound Slide-Bar, Adjustable Base
Bar #12
Dual Camera, Dual Stereo Base, Folding Bar

Bonus Feature: The 3D Photo Glossary is included, FREE

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Beech
• Release date: Dec 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311222510

Michael Beech

Author of 3 books in both print and PDF and 8 ebooks, Michael Beech has been helping the 3D community since 2002 by writing and publishing educational manuals on 3D photography. A leader in developing and promoting innovations in digital 3D special effects, he has shared his findings and knowledge about such topics as: — Simplified stereo base calculation — Virtual (floating) windows — Forward windows — Frameless windows — Out-of-frame effects — Techniques to cure window violations — Legal” and “soft” window violations — Fatal mistakes when photographing 3D — Ways to fix errors made when photographing 3D — 2D to 3D conversion — Slide-bar designs — Photoshop stereo alignment techniques His books have provided “how-to” information that could not, and cannot be found elsewhere. Over the past 12 years, thousands of students of 3D have been helped by his tireless advice in multiple 3D stereo forums online. He has been published in Stereo World (NSA) magazine and Stereoscopy (ISU) magazine and won a first place award in an international 3D photography contest. Books include: — Digital 3D Stereo Guide — Mastering 2D to 3D Conversion — 3D Stereo Magic — Super Stereo 3D — Beginner’s Guide to 3D Photography — 3D Photography with Photoshop — 3D Photograph Assembly with Photoshop Actions — Mastering the 3D Cha-Cha — 3D Photography Slide-Bars --- 3D Photography Stereo Base Made Easy — 2D to 3D Conversion with SPM — 3D Photograph Assembly with SPM — 3D Photography Made Easy

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Table of Contents

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Introduction

General Notes

StereoData Maker

What Readers Say

How to Use the 3D Slide Bar

Definitions

Bar #1

Dual Camera, Dual Stereo Base, Folding Bar

Bar #2

Dual Camera, Single Stereo Base, Folding Bar

Bar #3

Dual Camera, and Dual, Single, or Multiple Stereo Base

Bar #4

Single Camera, Adjustable Base, Slide-bar

Bar #5

Single Camera, Adjustable Base, Slide-bar

Bar #6

Dual (Twin-Cam) or Single Camera, Adjustable Base Slide-bar

Bar #7

Dual Camera, Multiple Fixed Base

Bar #8

Single camera, Adjustable Base

Bar #9

Single camera, Adjustable Base

Bar #10

Single camera, Adjustable Base

Bar #11

Single camera, Adjustable Base

Bar #12

Dual Camera, Dual Stereo Base, Folding Bar

How to Use the Glossary

About the Author

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Available in Print

Connect With Me

3D Photography Glossary

Credits

In Closing

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3D Photography Slide-Bars

How to Make 3D Camera Slide-Bars and Twin-Cam Mounting Bars

by

Michael Beech

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Copyright 2015 Michael Beech

Rev. 12/3/2015

Published by Michael Beech at Smashwords

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Introduction

How to Make 3D Slide-Bars and Camera Mounting Bars

Once I started using a slide-bar on a tripod, the quality of my 3D photographs increased dramatically. For example, low light situations, such as in museums, were no longer limiting. With that increase in photo quality came a similar increase in my interest in 3D photography.

Making my own bars saved me a great deal of money and allowed me to create tools that were uniquely suited to my own particular requirements and needs.

If you have some craft skills, you will find most, if not all of the bars I describe, easy to build.

Tools Needed

You can make most of the bars described here with just a drill and a fine tooth saw and the following miscellaneous items.

Drill and small drill bits

Fine tooth wood saw

Fine tooth hacksaw (if you plan to use aluminum parts)

Philips and standard screwdriver

Measuring scale

Fine sandpaper mounted on a block

Wood glue

Optional Tools:

Hole saw, about 1" size (Not required)

Table saw or power miter saw

Camera Bar Functions

You will find that camera mounting bars can help you in many ways when creating 3D photographs. In many situations 3D photography would be impossible without one. Some applications are:

They can hold twin-cams at a fixed or variable stereo base.

Mounting the bar on a tripod reduces or eliminates camera shake, just as it does in regular photography.

For single camera 3D, a slide-bar on a tripod is priceless in low light situations.

A slide-bar can hold your flash in a single position while the camera is moved for the second shot.

The slide bar makes maintaining framing and parallel lens centerlines a breeze for you between shots.

The slide-bar enables precise control of stereo base, especially for close-up photography.

A precision slide-bar is vital for macro photography and focus layer stacking.

Over the years I have built a number of 3D camera mounting bars, both fixed base and slide-bars. When I first started in 3D, I was building bars for 35mm film twin-cameras, such as the Minolta SRT-102 and the Nikon N80. The first few of those bars were heavy and primitive.

Many of those, while well built and functional, were not my idea of optimum and were eventually relegated to the parts bin. As an example, my first slide-bar for a film camera was a massive thing (above), built from a ½ inch thick billet of aluminum, 4 inches wide and 12 inches long (12.5mm x 10cm x 30cm), threaded on the bottom for a tripod. Heavy aluminum angles were mounted on the sides to guide the slide. The slide was ½ inch thick aluminum, also, upon which was mated a block of ¾ inch maple which carried a quick-release. Needless to say, it was hopelessly heavy and the aluminum was always sticking (galling) making operation difficult.

Note: Those of you who live in parts of the world where people know how to spell aluminium have probably noticed that I use the American misspelling (aluminum) instead of the correct spelling (aluminium). Please pardon our ignorance, but it was the way