Price: $600 (est.)
Official Site: FujiFilmUSA.com
Specs: 10MP; Fujinon 3x optical zoom w/ dual lenses; 2.8” LCD Parallax Barrier monitor; 48MB internal memory; ISO (100-1,600); 9.2 oz
Company: Fujifilm Holdings Comapny
With the FinePix REAL 3D W1, Fuji created a portable camera capable of taking 3-D images. In addition to capturing 3-D images, the unit’s 3-D LCD monitor allows shooters to view pictures that “jump out of the screen” without the help of glasses or special eyewear. The implications of it are stunning and will reshape the face of image-based media forever.
The FinePix REAL 3D W1 is a portable camera that takes 3-D images in the same way you now point and shoot in 2-D. Though the technical aspects of how this works are relatively complex, in layman’s terms our ability to perceive depth comes from viewing an object along two lines of site. This phenomenon is known as parallax. Despite sounding like an over-the-counter fiber supplement, the FinePix REAL 3D mimics parallax by capturing image data from twin lenses positioned on its face. A so-called RP (Real Photo) Processor then evaluates photographic factors such as focus, brightness and color tonality to merge the left and right images into a single 3-D image.
Three-dimensional videos are shot and created in a similar manner by layering dual AVI video files together. In a nifty repurposing of hardware, 2-D dual-capture shooting mode also allows users to taking two shots simultaneously with different settings. Producing 3-D imagery is really only half the battle, and it means nothing without a hassle-free method to display them with their fantastic depth intact. Luckily Fuji understood this and developed a companion feature to achieve it. Thanks to the camera screen’s “Light Direction Control System,” the 3-D viewer adopts a “Parallax Barrier System” to precisely direct light to the right and left eyes, which simulates the visual effect of seeing an object from two distinct angles. Aside from the camera’s built-in viewer, 3-D prints are also made possible through the use of lenticular sheets and advanced print encoding. However, for now you’ll have to deal with mail orders from Fuji to have prints of your own. The extra dimensional aspect is also not viewable across standard computer monitors or television, making sharing at this point a non-option to those without the device. Luckily bundled software can convert 3-D images to standard 2-D formats should owners desire to pass along basic copies of their work.
Representing the bleeding-edge of image technology, it’s not a question of if 3-D will permeate the consumer market. Instead, it’s just a matter of how and when. For the FinePix REAL 3D W1, its fate rests squarely on Fuji’s shoulders. They must convince manufacturers to fuse Parallax Barrier Systems into modern displays and have their formatting serve as a standard convention moving forward. If this happens, new gadget trailblazers will once again find themselves leading the charge on the next phase of entertainment, art and documentation. Of course, as with any nascent technology, failure to obtain widespread adoption and scale as a platform could make the FinePix Real 3D W1 a landlocked tech novelty. With this in mind, buyers should tread carefully into this field and accept the device's limited sharing functions should competing technologies win out in the end.
The FinePix REAL 3D W1 is a portable camera that takes 3-D images in the same way you now point and shoot in 2-D. Though the technical aspects of how this works are relatively complex, in layman’s terms our ability to perceive depth comes from viewing an object along two lines of site. This phenomenon is known as parallax. Despite sounding like an over-the-counter fiber supplement, the FinePix REAL 3D mimics parallax by capturing image data from twin lenses positioned on its face. A so-called RP (Real Photo) Processor then evaluates photographic factors such as focus, brightness and color tonality to merge the left and right images into a single 3-D image.
Three-dimensional videos are shot and created in a similar manner by layering dual AVI video files together. In a nifty repurposing of hardware, 2-D dual-capture shooting mode also allows users to taking two shots simultaneously with different settings. Producing 3-D imagery is really only half the battle, and it means nothing without a hassle-free method to display them with their fantastic depth intact. Luckily Fuji understood this and developed a companion feature to achieve it. Thanks to the camera screen’s “Light Direction Control System,” the 3-D viewer adopts a “Parallax Barrier System” to precisely direct light to the right and left eyes, which simulates the visual effect of seeing an object from two distinct angles. Aside from the camera’s built-in viewer, 3-D prints are also made possible through the use of lenticular sheets and advanced print encoding. However, for now you’ll have to deal with mail orders from Fuji to have prints of your own. The extra dimensional aspect is also not viewable across standard computer monitors or television, making sharing at this point a non-option to those without the device. Luckily bundled software can convert 3-D images to standard 2-D formats should owners desire to pass along basic copies of their work.
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