{"id":30996,"date":"2025-03-14T01:03:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T05:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=30996"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:20:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:20:39","slug":"the-russians-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/the-russians-are\/","title":{"rendered":"the Russians are …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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a pair of Krasnogorsk FT2 cameras joined together for a panoramic stereo shot<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. … coming, the Russians are coming<\/a> \u00a0– as Canadian Producer\/Director Norman Jewison titled his 1966 humorous movie.<\/p>\n

A fitting title for this post about Stan White’s exploits to make \u00a0panoramic 3D photos using a co-joined pair of \u00a0Krasnogorsk<\/a> FT2 cameras. Click on the camera icon to see a stereo example.<\/p>\n

Stan begins his article as follows. “It <\/span>was th<\/span>e n<\/span>eed f<\/span>or <\/span>a m<\/span>ean<\/span>s of\u00a0<\/span>pho<\/span>tog<\/span>ra<\/span>phing s<\/span>tree<\/span>t s<\/span>ce<\/span>nes <\/span>in <\/span>3<\/span>-D th<\/span>a<\/span>t\u00a0was t<\/span>h<\/span>e m<\/span>oti<\/span>vati<\/span>on<\/span>. I<\/span>f th<\/span>e obj<\/span>ecti<\/span>ve i<\/span>s t<\/span>o\u00a0include <\/span>fo<\/span>r pos<\/span>te<\/span>ri<\/span>ty as <\/span>much o<\/span>f the s<\/span>tree<\/span>t\u00a0a<\/span>nd <\/span>buil<\/span>di<\/span>ng as <\/span>poss<\/span>i<\/span>bl<\/span>e a co<\/span>nv<\/span>e<\/span>ntio<\/span>na<\/span>l s<\/span>tereo <\/span>camera i<\/span>s <\/span>n<\/span>o<\/span>t th<\/span>e a<\/span>nswe<\/span>r. <\/span><\/p>\n

“So<\/span>me\u00a0<\/span>yea<\/span>r<\/span>s a<\/span>go I <\/span>purchas<\/span>ed a <\/span>Kr<\/span>as<\/span>nogo<\/span>rs<\/span>k FT2\u00a0pa<\/span>no<\/span>ra<\/span>mic ca<\/span>me<\/span>ra c<\/span>irca <\/span>19<\/span>50<\/span>‘s <\/span>a<\/span>nd <\/span>I <\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>pl<\/span>ease<\/span>d wi<\/span>th th<\/span>e <\/span>res<\/span>ul<\/span>ts\u00a0<\/span>(see Ph<\/span>ot<\/span>ogr<\/span>aph<\/span>i<\/span>c <\/span>Can<\/span>adi<\/span>an<\/span>a<\/em>\u00a0v<\/span>ol. <\/span>1<\/span>9, <\/span>n<\/span>o. 2<\/span>).<\/p>\n

“I <\/span>h<\/span>ad u<\/span>sed thi<\/span>s cam<\/span>er<\/span>a to <\/span>m<\/span>ak<\/span>e st<\/span>er<\/span>eo\u00a0<\/span>pictur<\/span>es u<\/span>sin<\/span>g a slid<\/span>e-b<\/span>ar. <\/span>But <\/span>th<\/span>e c<\/span>am<\/span>er<\/span>a\u00a0is <\/span>fa<\/span>r fro<\/span>m quic<\/span>k to <\/span>ha<\/span>ndl<\/span>e a<\/span>nd by <\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>time <\/span>th<\/span>e s<\/span>hutte<\/span>r has <\/span>bee<\/span>n co<\/span>cked a<\/span>nd the\u00a0<\/span>film wo<\/span>und o<\/span>n (<\/span>three <\/span>revo<\/span>l<\/span>uti<\/span>o<\/span>ns o<\/span>n th<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>win<\/span>di<\/span>ng <\/span>kn<\/span>o<\/span>b) a<\/span>nd th<\/span>e s<\/span>li<\/span>de<\/span>-ba<\/span>r mo<\/span>ved to\u00a0<\/span>th<\/span>e n<\/span>ew <\/span>cam<\/span>er<\/span>a po<\/span>siti<\/span>on<\/span>, a de<\/span>l<\/span>ay of <\/span>8\u00a0second<\/span>s w<\/span>as m<\/span>i<\/span>n<\/span>im<\/span>al. <\/span>I<\/span>n <\/span>an <\/span>an<\/span>g<\/span>l<\/span>e of <\/span>vi<\/span>ew\u00a0<\/span>cl<\/span>os<\/span>e t<\/span>o 1<\/span>20 d<\/span>eg<\/span>r<\/span>ees it <\/span>w<\/span>as imp<\/span>ossi<\/span>bl<\/span>e,\u00a0<\/span>even <\/span>if <\/span>th<\/span>er<\/span>e was n<\/span>o p<\/span>eop<\/span>l<\/span>e or t<\/span>r<\/span>affic<\/span>, t<\/span>o\u00a0ma<\/span>ke <\/span>th<\/span>e <\/span>l<\/span>ef<\/span>t a<\/span>nd ri<\/span>g<\/span>ht <\/span>v<\/span>i<\/span>ew <\/span>witho<\/span>ut\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>t<\/span>r<\/span>odu<\/span>cin<\/span>g an<\/span>om<\/span>ali<\/span>es b<\/span>et<\/span>ween th<\/span>e\u00a0im<\/span>ages.<\/p>\n

“Th<\/span>en<\/span>, <\/span>at <\/span>th<\/span>e S<\/span>oci<\/span>et<\/span>y aucti<\/span>on thi<\/span>s year [1996]<\/span>,\u00a0an<\/span>ot<\/span>h<\/span>er <\/span>FT<\/span>2 cam<\/span>er<\/span>a b<\/span>ecam<\/span>e avail<\/span>ab<\/span>l<\/span>e. It\u00a0<\/span>did n<\/span>ot s<\/span>ell <\/span>and <\/span>I <\/span>w<\/span>as ab<\/span>l<\/span>e t<\/span>o t<\/span>ak<\/span>e th<\/span>e\u00a0cam<\/span>er<\/span>a on <\/span>appro<\/span>val <\/span>to s<\/span>e<\/span>e if <\/span>it<\/span>s im<\/span>ager<\/span>y\u00a0was a cl<\/span>ose en<\/span>ou<\/span>gh m<\/span>atch t<\/span>o th<\/span>e i<\/span>m<\/span>age\u00a0pr<\/span>oduc<\/span>ed b<\/span>y m<\/span>y ow<\/span>n c<\/span>am<\/span>er<\/span>a t<\/span>o m<\/span>ak<\/span>e a\u00a0co<\/span>mpa<\/span>ti<\/span>b<\/span>le s<\/span>te<\/span>reo <\/span>pa<\/span>ir.<\/p>\n

“Th<\/span>ese cam<\/span>er<\/span>as ar<\/span>e built lik<\/span>e tru<\/span>cks\u00a0a<\/span>nd <\/span>i<\/span>t is <\/span>poss<\/span>ible w<\/span>ith ca<\/span>re <\/span>to <\/span>s<\/span>trip th<\/span>e<\/span>m\u00a0dow<\/span>n, <\/span>lubrica<\/span>te, a<\/span>djus<\/span>t a<\/span>nd <\/span>put th<\/span>e<\/span>m bac<\/span>k\u00a0t<\/span>ogeth<\/span>er again <\/span>in <\/span>about h<\/span>al<\/span>f an h<\/span>our <\/span>an<\/span>d\u00a0you d<\/span>on<\/span>‘t n<\/span>eed t<\/span>o be a cam<\/span>era r<\/span>ep<\/span>ai<\/span>r m<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>to <\/span>d<\/span>o thi<\/span>s. I <\/span>soon h<\/span>ad th<\/span>e secon<\/span>d cam<\/span>er<\/span>a\u00a0work<\/span>in<\/span>g fin<\/span>e and <\/span>adju<\/span>st<\/span>ed so th<\/span>at <\/span>it<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>shutt<\/span>er sp<\/span>eed<\/span>s m<\/span>at<\/span>ch<\/span>ed m<\/span>y ow<\/span>n <\/span>cam<\/span>er<\/span>a. …”<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the rest of Stan’s illustrated article on the issue 22-2 pdf file contained on the free members-only DVD. Join up and see all we offer! See above or at right. Questions? \u00a0Email Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>. P.S. Help us – please indicate if this is a new or renew membership. \u00a0 Come out to our events as shown at the right under “PHSC EVENTS”. \u00a0There is always something of interest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. … coming, the Russians are coming \u00a0– as Canadian Producer\/Director Norman Jewison titled his 1966 humorous movie. A fitting title for this post about Stan White’s exploits to make \u00a0panoramic 3D photos using a co-joined pair of \u00a0Krasnogorsk FT2 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1944],"tags":[398,30,1973,258,4705],"class_list":["post-30996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-camera","tag-images","tag-panoramic-images","tag-stereo","tag-war-museum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30996"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31008,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30996\/revisions\/31008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}