Fairburn 3-D Alignment and Calibration Test Chart available soon

http://dsclabs.com/Fairburn%203D.htm

Digital Cinema Society Advisory Board Member Sean Fairburn, working in conjunction with DSC Labs, has created a 3-D Alignment Chart designed to make 2 camera alignment and registration easy. The goal is to make the cameras see exactly the same thing, the same vector on all objects in the shot. Once done, convergence and interocular offsets are easy to make when everything is aligned to start with. Quick alignment checks can be done and recorded during prep and while on set from scene to scene, and then in post to aid in points of reference from camera to camera. They should then match exactly in Horizontal, Vertical, Zoom Size, Focus Distance, Rotation, Iris, as well as Black/White/Mid/Color.

Charts are offered in a 2’ size at a pre-discount price of $1,480US with a 40” also available at $2,150US. Confirmed Digital Cinema Society members in good standing will be offered a 15% discount off of these prices for a significant savings. For more information and to order, please visit the DSC Labs website: http://dsclabs.com/Fairburn%203D.htm

Some of the featured tools include:

 

• Horizontal and vertical alignment (white cross through middle and small crosses)

• Focus fans in corners (maximum contrast for ease of viewing even in low light)

• Zoom ring (to see zoom disparity between cameras focal length) line 5 pixels wide

• Keystone correction (colored balls and white rings in corners)

• Horizontal scale in cm and inches (to see exact IO offset at parallel)

• Mini gray scale at bottom steps 1, 6, 11 with DSC true black background

• 18% gray scale chips (at top of chart on RT and LT)

• ChromaDuMonde color reference in hexagon shape, matches vector scope orientation

• RIGHT and LEFT words on white lines used as orientation detectors

• Arrows up and right also used as orientation detectors

• Red R and Blue L to show color and eye reference (Red Right eye-Blue Left eye)

• RED R show image flip or flop orientation

• RGB & CMY have been added at highest printable value

• Focus fans at the center are for zoomed in focus aides

• Scale on far R & L to measure horizontal and rotational offset

• Center cross

 

Interested in finding out more? Read the Full Features and Setup Instructions Here.

 

Still Not Sold on It?

 

Try it for yourself. Take the images below and utilizing your own software see if you can make the two cameras match up. (Ex. Set images to 50% opacity in Photoshop and overlay)