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A method and apparatus for electronically taking photographs of an object to be used for stereoscopic (three dimensional) reproductions of the object in which an electronic camera takes a plurality of electronic photographs of an object from each of a plurality of predetermined spaced positions rela

A method and apparatus for electronically taking photographs of an object to be used for stereoscopic (three dimensional) reproductions of the object in which an electronic camera takes a plurality of electronic photographs of an object from each of a plurality of predetermined spaced positions relative to the object. The photographic image is converted into a video signal which is digitized and the digitized video signals of the images from the plurality of positions are utilized to produce a viewable representation of the object. In a preferred embodiment, the camera has a generally planar element for converting the image into the video signal and the planar converting element of the camera at each position is held in a common plane and the lens system for the camera at each position is kept in a plane generally parallel to the converting element plane and shifted relative to the image converting element of the camera to compensate for the different positions to have the same field of view at each position.

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Apparatus for electronically producing a stereoscopic photograph of an object comprising: electronic camera means having means for converting the received object of an image into an electrical video signal, optical means for establishing a field of view relative to the object being photographed to i

Apparatus for electronically producing a stereoscopic photograph of an object comprising: electronic camera means having means for converting the received object of an image into an electrical video signal, optical means for establishing a field of view relative to the object being photographed to image on said electronic camera converting means, means for operating said electronic camera means and said optical means relative to each other to produce the same field of view of the object being photographed with the camera means located at each of plurality of predetermined positions which are spaced from each other and the image plane of the converting means being substantially parallel to the field of view object plane at each of said positions, means for digitizing each said video signal corresponding to each image, and means responsive to the plurality of digitized video signals for producing a viewable output corresponding to the plurality of photographs taken by said camera means.