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John00100
New Participant
July 3, 2015

Rig Advice - Black Magic Micro Cameras

I'm very interested in making a 3D 360 degree rig with the Black Magic Micro Cameras that are coming out soon, but i'm not very knowledgeable at the moment about what is exactly necessary to make this rig work.

I'm thinking at the moment to use 6 cameras in a triangle, like this rig by NextVR but with BM Micro cameras:
http://www.roadtovr.com/wp-content/uplo ... atured.jpg

There is another thread here regarding BM cameras where some lenses were recommended for a 180 3D rig:
viewtopic.php?f=33&t=23172

So my questions are, would a 6 camera rig like described be sufficient for 360 3D? If so, what type of lenses would be ideal for a rig such as this?

Thanks



Micro Cinema Camera:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... nemacamera

Micro Studio Camera:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... iocamera4k

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    dakom
    Participant
    August 29, 2016
    I'm looking into this for 180 degree 3D. Seems it's either this route or Dual Hero (2x GoPro Hero 3+ black), with lens swapout. Price difference when all is said and done is probably over $1000, so not sure yet... any advice?

    Are there good zooms to pair? (I'd love prime wides and telephoto - but 4 prime lenses is probably going to be more costly than 2 zooms, and for 3D I don't necessarily want/need them to be fast)
    dakom
    Participant
    August 29, 2016
    Also - how do you genlock? I see the expansion port but is there a super cheap breakout box that works with a generator? Don't need all the bells and whistles, just genlock... though focus sync would be nice too ;)
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