Patent ID: 8228373
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for stereoscopic photography, comprising: a support; a direct view camera with a direct view lens, said direct view camera being mounted to the support for obtaining a direct view camera shot; a reflected view camera with a reflected view lens, said reflected view camera being mounted to the support in a down-looking camera configuration, for obtaining a reflected view camera shot relative to the direct view camera shot; and means for obtaining the reflected view camera shot without use of a beamsplitter when an interaxial spacing between the direct view camera and the reflected view camera does not cause an overlap between a direct view active optical area of the beamsplitter that would be used by the direct view lens and a reflective active optical area of the beamsplitter that would be used by the reflected view lens; wherein the means for obtaining the reflected view camera shot is comprised of: