Make a 3-D Stereoscope Slide and Video Shooter

Step 3 Basic Layout

My son the SpaceClaim, Inc. CAD software founder (for real) sketched a basic drawing with the mirror, angle, and size lay-out, and based on this drawing I ordered two sets of front surface mirrors -- the small ones are 2" X 3" and the large ones are 5" X 7". These are available from several suppliers, including FrontSurfaceMirrors.com, where I paid about $45 with shipping for the four mirrors.

Comments

[Davidfromcali]

American Science and Surplus sells 77mm x 194mm FS mirrors (approximately 3 x 7.5 inch) for $2 a piece. Yes, that's 2 bucks apiece.

[DeadlyDad]

Link

[pixelpartner]

Thanks for the hint !!

[courtervideo]

That's a great deal.

[crudworks]

I was going to build one of these earlier this year for our Panasonic TM300 camcorder which is a few models before the 3D one you talk of.
I've worked out that if you use an adaptor like this whilst shooting at 1080p you'll get a frame size of about 960x1080 which is just larger than Standard definition video.
So I may give it a go as this is my field of work. I'll let you know if I do.

[DrNerdington]

See: http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21137 for a source for MUCH cheaper first-surface mirrors.

[courtervideo]

GREAT! I am too often guilty of picking the first item on a Google search...

[stienman]

Quick synopsis of link: Get regular mirror and strip the backing off using an aluminum safe paint stripper. Aircraft Remover is the stripper they used, which is Methanol and Methylene Chloride. The back surface of the mirror is now the front surface, with the aluminum coating facing out. Let the paint stripper do all the work, use chemical resistant gloves, rinse under water, and (at most) use paper towel lightly to move the stripper around so all the mirror backing paint is removed without damaging the very, very thin aluminum coating.

[courtervideo]

I have often wondered if this was possible! Thanks.