New ride in 3D

Get your anaglyph glasses out to view this 3D image of my new Fuji Sagres bike (well, it's new to me - it was built in 1986). This was taken with my new stereo camera rig of 2 matched Canon A570is cameras running the SDM (StereoDataMaker) version of CHDK (Canon Hack Developement Kit). The cameras are mounted on an aluminum base with holes drilled at fixed intervals - I used 130mm separation for this shot. They are triggered with a homebuilt USB switch hooked to both cameras that the SDM software running in the cameras recognizes to initiate simultaneous exposures in both cameras. I'm putting together a stereo webpage that runs java software created by StereoPhotoMaker - a freeware program that I highly recommend that will allow you to interact with the stereo image as you like rather than as I would otherwise force you to. If you prefer to parallel or cross-eye free view rather than use anaglyph glasses, you can control the interface there to do that.

Cruisin'

I've been riding my bike to and from work lately - it's about 12.4 miles each way and this is one of the views I get as I peddle the bike trails of Tucson. Here I'm just about to pass mile 4 of a 15 mile ride this afternoon. This image was taken with the kit lens on my 20D at 18mm focal length with an exposure of 1/125 seconds at f/7.1, ISO 400.