3D photo maker

Even with the most expensive photo camera there’s a detail that always escapes and that’s called immersion. No matter how god a photo is, you’ll always know it’s just a picture, there’s not a feeling of being there, if you know what I mean. But things doesn’t have to be the same, and 3DWorld tries to prove that with the help of TL120-1, a digital photo camera meant to take 3D pictures.
First read on and find out what 3D means in 3DWorld’s vision. TL120-1 is a modified film camera, fitted with three lenses, specially positioned so that the three resulting pictures are interpolated and then combined together when used with a special projector, that 3DWorld also provides.

Now the specs, which are not that special, if you don’t take into consideration the three lenses:

• Camera Type: Medium Format Tri-lens Stereo Camera (Reflex Viewing Lens)
• Lenses: Anti-reflection coated glass optics, seven elements in six groups. f/2.8, 80mm focal length
• Lens Separation: 63.5mm
• Focusing: manual adjustment, 0.8m – infinity
• Shutter Type: metal focal plane shutter
• Aperture: F2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22 and six half stops
• Shutter Speeds: B, 1,1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500Sec.
• Light Metering: consists of two of SPD’s (silicon photo diodes) for light measurement; aperture and shutter speeds are matched according to the LED display.
• Viewfinder: consists of a viewfinder hood and lens, Eye-level pentaprism type with .0.7 X magnification
• Focusing Screen: Split-image micro-prism type surrounded by a Fresnel screen. 3 LEDs in 5 exposure graduations display overexposure (+), correct exposure (O) & underexposure (-)
• Flash Synchronization: X-contact only, sync speed 1/30 sec. or slower
• Film Advance: Lever provided; 16O standoff angle and 128O winding angle, aligning film numbers through window on camera back
• Power Source: Choice of two 1.5V alkaline-manganese batteries or two 1.55V silver-oxide batteries.
• Film: One roll of 120 reversal film for a pair of 58mm x 56mm stereo images. 6 pairs per roll.
• Dimensions: Approx. 207mm x 205mm x 134mm (8.15" x 8.07"x 5.28"), camera body only
• Weight: 1960g or 69oz (camera body only)

A more complete user manual can be downloaded from here. My opinion is that this kind of product is only suited for some purposes, it can’t fulfill a typical photographer, and depending on how you define "some purposes" it might prove a very bad investment.

information from gadgetroad.com/