Keyhaven

Spot the difference ? The loco on the right is slightly further back, as can be seen by the point lever being in front of a different part of the connecting rod. (or the camera is slightly further round to the right).

What fun Just about managed to merge them by squinting, but not too well as my old eyes are not as good at doing this as they used to be. Did you use a stereo camera, or just shift the viewpoint?

 

Nick

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Nothing fancy Nick, I just moved the camera 1cm to the right for the right-hand shot.

 

Too much time on your hands Andy............ You don't mention your layout much. Is it this part to a fiddle yard or is there much more and is it still being developed?

If you cross your eyes, you get a nice 3D picture...!

 

Dave.

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Nothing fancy Nick, I just moved the camera 1cm to the right for the right-hand shot.

 

 

Only 1cm? Have you tried a wider separation? IIRC the usual distance for normal stereo is about 6.5cm. Or were you, as Larry implies, aiming for something closer to the 4mm person's view?

Only 1cm? Have you tried a wider separation?

 

I did try (see below) but too wide a separation makes the images too separated and different and the brain struggles to re-assemble it. I think a bit more practice would define an optimum but this would need to be graduated based on the distance of the subject matter from the lens.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forumimages/Keyhaven_Stereo_2.jpg

 

 

 

Is it this part to a fiddle yard or is there much more and is it still being developed?

 

Keyhaven was an entry in the 2007 Challenge, it's only 48" x 17" but there are expansion plans (but not in a conventional way) afoot.

 

For a moment there I thought you were pulling our legs, Andy (and I'm still not totally sure!) - but regardless, I'm laughing out loud thinking of all these very serious railway modellers going cross-eyed in front of their computer

 

I almost got the effect, then tried too hard and started tasting yesterday's dinner! Second try was better, but this sport is certainly an acquired taste

 

PS: Wouldn't mind some more photos of Keyhaven, we may have seen them before but they deserve repetition!

Thanks Andy. It is certainly a very neat diaramma, small enough to lavish lots of attention on when it comes to fine detail. I wonder sometimes if we (me included) go for 'too big' and never quite finish it.

 

After sterio, your Avatar.....in 3D.