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21st Century, a small developer of camcorder accessories, has announced a 3D video kit for the Panasonic AG-DVX100. Their new product uses two Panasonic DVX100s and some interesting electronics to transform a video signal into a 3D viewable image. 21st Century has already "hacked" the DVX100A in order to make a 960-line progressive scan camcorder, also using two DVX100s.
21st Century 3D’s new camcorder is known as the 3DVX. It comprises, at its core, two AG-DVX100As with electronically synchronized shutters. These camcorders have had critical body parts and other controls adapted to synchronize their imagers. The twin camcorders have been integrated in a side-by-side fashion, with the viewfinders adjacent to each other to allow for stereoscopic viewing of the captured video.
Video is recorded via two discrete channels, one per integrated camcorder, at a resolution of 720x480 on each channel. Each channel is recorded to a separate dedicated MiniDV tape. 21st Century 3D contends that their two-tape system provides greater resolution (two 720x480 signals, seen together) and frame rate. The larger amount of information on the two-tape system decreases the potential for problems like flickering, inaccurate synchronicity, and jagged edges. From there, the footage from both tapes can be brought into conventional editing software, and overlapped with equal opacity to yield a three-dimensional image, so long as the editing software used on the computer can recognize the identical time code on each tape, in order to synch them up.
This solution stands as a response to other 3D systems, particularly that of the stereoscopic XL1 lens. The XL1, no longer in production, integrated data from two lenses onto a single tape, with each lens providing data alternating fields within the video signal.
To accompany the release of the 3DVX, 21st Century 3D announced a wireless 3D video signal transmiter for the camcorder. The 2.4ghz video tap can run for over six hours, and fits in a small backpack. It’s highly portable, like the 3DVX, and offers convenient monitoring options. The wireless has an approximate range of 700 feet.
Currently, the 3DVX is only available for rent, and no pricing information is available. While the system is innovative, its homebuilt nature makes it an unlikely buy for most consumers.
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21st Century, a small developer of camcorder accessories, has announced a 3D video kit for the Panasonic AG-DVX100. Their new product uses two Panasonic DVX100s and some interesting electronics to transform a video signal into a 3D viewable image. 21st Century has already "hacked" the DVX100A in order to make a 960-line progressive scan camcorder, also using two DVX100s.
21st Century 3D’s new camcorder is known as the 3DVX. It comprises, at its core, two AG-DVX100As with electronically synchronized shutters. These camcorders have had critical body parts and other controls adapted to synchronize their imagers. The twin camcorders have been integrated in a side-by-side fashion, with the viewfinders adjacent to each other to allow for stereoscopic viewing of the captured video.
Video is recorded via two discrete channels, one per integrated camcorder, at a resolution of 720x480 on each channel. Each channel is recorded to a separate dedicated MiniDV tape. 21st Century 3D contends that their two-tape system provides greater resolution (two 720x480 signals, seen together) and frame rate. The larger amount of information on the two-tape system decreases the potential for problems like flickering, inaccurate synchronicity, and jagged edges. From there, the footage from both tapes can be brought into conventional editing software, and overlapped with equal opacity to yield a three-dimensional image, so long as the editing software used on the computer can recognize the identical time code on each tape, in order to synch them up.
This solution stands as a response to other 3D systems, particularly that of the stereoscopic XL1 lens. The XL1, no longer in production, integrated data from two lenses onto a single tape, with each lens providing data alternating fields within the video signal.
To accompany the release of the 3DVX, 21st Century 3D announced a wireless 3D video signal transmiter for the camcorder. The 2.4ghz video tap can run for over six hours, and fits in a small backpack. It’s highly portable, like the 3DVX, and offers convenient monitoring options. The wireless has an approximate range of 700 feet.
Currently, the 3DVX is only available for rent, and no pricing information is available. While the system is innovative, its homebuilt nature makes it an unlikely buy for most consumers.
