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I'm looking to build up a stereoscopic shooting rig and would like to
find a pair of identical point and shoot cameras for the job.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot in the way of P&S
digital cameras that have remote wired or wireless shutter release
capability.

I know that the Canon G10 supports a wired remote, and while I would
love to get a pair of them and the remote shutter releases, they are
pricey. I was hoping for something more like <= $250 each.
I would prefer a relatively recent camera (within 1-2 years of now/
2009) with good image quality and controls and with good video quality
at 640x480 @ 30Hz.
I already own a Canon SD850IS, which is a great little point and shoot
(but not remote options

Suggestions?

I guess I could cobble together something like these, but I don't like
the idea of a manual cable release pushing on both shutter buttons:
http://eosdoc.com/manuals/?q=CableRelease
http://www.instructables.com/id/Hummingbird-Shooter/

In rec.photo.digital Ralph Seguin <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I'm looking to build up a stereoscopic shooting rig and would like to
> find a pair of identical point and shoot cameras for the job.
> Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot in the way of P&S
> digital cameras that have remote wired or wireless shutter release
> capability.

> I know that the Canon G10 supports a wired remote, and while I would
> love to get a pair of them and the remote shutter releases, they are
> pricey. I was hoping for something more like <= $250 each.
> I would prefer a relatively recent camera (within 1-2 years of now/
> 2009) with good image quality and controls and with good video quality
> at 640x480 @ 30Hz.
> I already own a Canon SD850IS, which is a great little point and shoot
> (but not remote options

This Flickr group has lots of photographs of working stereo camera
rigs, and from there you should be able to find discussions about
suitable cameras and how to modify them. My impression is that
although few P&S can be operated in that way out of the box, there are
quite a few which can easily be adapted.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/stereoscopic-cameras/

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Chris Malcolm

Alden Carst <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:18:10 -0800 (PST), Ralph Seguin <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>I'm looking to build up a stereoscopic shooting rig and would like to
>>find a pair of identical point and shoot cameras for the job.
>>Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot in the way of P&S
>>digital cameras that have remote wired or wireless shutter release
>>capability.
>>
>>I know that the Canon G10 supports a wired remote, and while I would
>>love to get a pair of them and the remote shutter releases, they are
>>pricey. I was hoping for something more like <= $250 each.
>>I would prefer a relatively recent camera (within 1-2 years of now/
>>2009) with good image quality and controls and with good video quality
>>at 640x480 @ 30Hz.
>>I already own a Canon SD850IS, which is a great little point and shoot
>>(but not remote options
>>
>>Suggestions?
>>
>>I guess I could cobble together something like these, but I don't like
>>the idea of a manual cable release pushing on both shutter buttons:
>>http://eosdoc.com/manuals/?q=CableRelease
>>http://www.instructables.com/id/Hummingbird-Shooter/
>>
>
>Please excuse all of the resident moron pretend-photographer trolls that
>live in these newsgroups who refused to answer your question. They are too
>afraid to admit to some simple free software and inexpensive P&S cameras
>that blow-away anything that their imaginary dslr's can do.

Idiot troll.

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Ray Fischer
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