Optics Pictures

Here are some pictures we took with our home-made cameras in Optics class.

3/28/2003 This is the first picture we took. This is Mr. Donaldson sitting down at a computer. Note that the film wasn't aligned properly in the camera.

3/28/2003 This is the second picture we took. It's of the same scene as the first picture, but the focus is slightly better and the film was aligned properly in the camera this time. We accidentally underdeveloped it, however.

3/28/2003 This is the third picture we took. This is Mr. Templin sitting down to work at a laptop. This picture is almost perfect, except that the focus is still a little out of whack. We're working on that.

4/1/2003 Our fourth picture was an attempt at doing something different. Stephen posed in front of the camera for the duration of the shoot, while Kristina came it towards the end, and hence appears partially ghosted. The backdrop of this photo is a bandsaw in the R&E room. Unfortunately, Stephen moved between the two exposures and so he just shows up as a blur.

4/3/2003 This is an interesting picture. We were trying to shoot a coffee mug, but the shutter jammed in mid-exposure, causing shuddering of the camera, partial exposures, and all other sorts of goodies. The end result was this picture looks nothing like the object it's supposed to represent - but it does make an interesting piece of modern at.

4/3/2003 This is a "3D" picture of the aforementioned coffee mug (full of pencils). We took two pictures of the same scene from different angles, then put them side by side. If you look at the pictures with your eyes crossed (like you would viewing a Magic-Eye), the two images should converge into a single coherent 3D image of the mug in the center of your vision. It's a very neat effect, but some people have difficulty seeing it.

4/11/2003 This is a "3D" picture of a table saw. It's much like the mug, but the overall quality is better. Also, we decreased the angle of parallax so that (hopefully) the effect will be easier to view. Large version.