Lumiere 3D camera system from Japan
 

See http://www.viewplus.co.jp/product/07/04_en.html

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Lumiere3D provides uncompressed 4K (4096x2048pixel) 3D images at 60fps (frames per second).
Base line is 65mm. The camera head (include lenses) is smaller than B5 paper size.
This system can record 12 minute of uncompressed 4K-3D images.

Features:
-- 4096x2048pixels 60fps raw 12bit 2 Lenses 3D image data
-- The very small size camera head (include lenses) is 231x179x108mm
-- The stereo base line is 65mm
-- External frame synchronize
-- Recording 12 minutes of uncompressed RAW images

What does it record to?

As far as I can tell from that web page, it records only to an external desktop PC.

It's too bad all these camera manufacturers assume the entertainment industry wants 65mm baseline when there are already 2/3" HD heads that we can put side by side at 35mm baseline using C-mount lenses.

From the look of the picture, you can use any Nikon lens you want, so long as it has a 52mm filter thread. Or maybe not.

I don't get the idea of building a camera this way. If they would simply separate the 2 sensor heads with flexible cabling, they'd really be on to something.

But at the end of the day it is the lenses that restrict how close together you can put the sensors. Fast lenses for large sensors are going to have large diameters. I just can't see how they will cover the R&D costs for this, it's not one thing or another. The primary use for one piece S3D cameras with fixed Interaxial is IMHO for handheld work were you don't want to be tethered to a bulky external recorder. If your not handheld then it's normally quite reasonable to use a rig with a pair of cameras where you can adjust the Interaxial. Variable interaxial is vital if you want any flexibility in the way you shoot. I'd have been much more impressed if this was a pair of cameras with variable IA and a single combined controller.