Sony has introduced its latest 3D Processor Box, which is designed to perform corrections for the various positional and adjustment errors that occur when using two cameras in a rig to produce 3D content. By addressing the differences between the cameras, the 3D Processor Box improves the efficiency of 3D live production in set-up time, shooting, and production, according to the company.
Paul Maroni, Assistant General Manager, Head of Live Production Marketing, Business & Professional Products Asia Pacific Company, said that Sony continues to reinforce its 3D leadership in the production marketplace with the introduction of the 3D Processor Box. Its aim is to reduce the complex mechanical set-up time of 3D live productions and empower stereographers and directors to make creative and technical 3D stereoscopic adjusts on the fly.
Currently, true stereoscopic 3D productions are shot using two cameras fastened onto a rig, where one camera shoots the "left eye" view and the other shoots the "right eye." The key to successful results lies in proper mechanical positioning and adjustment of the cameras, followed by appropriate post-image capture correction. With the high-performance processing power of the Cell Broadband EngineTM (Cell/B.E) microprocessor, during the shooting stage, the 3D Processor Box can detect, analyze, display and allow correction of the various alignment errors that may occur such as mismatching of vertical and horizontal position, keystone, zoom and much more.
