Fujifilm?s dual-lens 3D camera system has stepped beyond the concept stage and is almost ready for launch, according to Adrian Clarke, Fujifilm UK?s director of Digital Imaging.<\/p>\n
Alongside the original concept model, displayed at the photokina trade exhibition in September, Fujifilm was showing a new model at PMA in Las Vegas that Amateur Photographer<\/em> has been told is very close to being finalised.<\/p>\n Designed to more closely resemble the company?s current Z range of slim and stylish compacts, the new model is fitted with two imaging sensors and two lenses to simultaneously capture a pair of images from slightly different viewing angles.<\/p>\n Once combined on the special rear screen on the camera, the two images create a convincing three-dimensional effect without the need for viewing glasses.<\/p>\n Fujifilm has also developed a new digital picture frame with what it calls a ?light-direction control module? that is capable of displaying two images simultaneously, playing each to a different eye so the viewer sees a 3D picture. <\/p>\n There are plans, too, for a lenticular printing service so customers can display easily viewable 3D prints in albums or frames.<\/p>\n Patrick McCarthy, photographic specialist with Fujifilm USA, says the camera will be usable as a normal still or movie camera, as well as a 3D camera. <\/p>\n Having two lenses, he says, means users will be able to shoot using two different focal length settings at the same time, as well as capturing full-resolution images with one lens while the other shoots video.<\/p>\n McCarthy says the camera is likely to retail at around $500 and the frame at $300. The camera will arrive in the UK for autumn this year, said Clarke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fujifilm\u2019s dual-lens 3D camera system has stepped beyond the concept stage and is almost ready for launch, according to Adrian Clarke, Fujifilm UK\u2019s director of Digital Imaging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":24214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-24213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-news"],"yoast_head":"\n