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Women in 3D Animation Panel, this Thu in Pasadena, CA
At the February LA 3-D Club meeting:
Stereo Sisters will be hosting an evening of Women in 3D Animation. Women from various skill levels and disciplines will come together to explore various 3D Animation techniques and share their experiences.
Source: Women in 3D Animation Panel
Samsung said to end 3D TV features, LG scaling back
Samsung reportedly has not placed orders for 3D glasses for 2016 (but that is from one vendor – perhaps they switched vendors). LG itself says that 3D support will only be in their premium, high end TVs, cutting “the number of supporting TVs by half”.
Source: 3D is officially dead, future Samsung and LG TVs won’t even support it – Pocket-lint
Update: Feb 23, 2016: Philips says “3D is dead”.
Meanwhile, viewing of 3D movies in cinemas continues to be strong.
I recently watched some of my own 3D videos on my LG 3D TV and was reminded of how much I enjoy watching the richer imagery of good 3D.
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Using the Olympus TCON 17 1.7x teleconverter with a Nikon 1
These three photos were taken with a Nikon 1 V2, the 1 Nikkor 30-110mm zoom, and an Olympus TCON-17 1.7x teleconverter. I am extremely pleased with the results using the teleconverter.
On the Nikon 1, I use a 55 to 52mm adapter ring, and then a 52mm to 40.5mm adapter ring to mount on the Nikon 1. (I could not find a 55 to 40.5 mm adapter).
I bought the TCON17, used, on Ebay, for $15. That is not the normal price – prices are usually closer to $80 to $110 U.S. I think the person who sold this one did not know what they had.
Olympus had made 4 teleconverter lenses that appear to be essentially identical – the B300, the unlabeled TCON17, the TCON-17, and the TCON-17x. I have what I believe is the “unlabeled” version. I understand the early models did not include the TCON-17 model # on the lens.
I also did tests on a micro four thirds camera using the TCON17 with the Olympus f/1.8 45mm lens – works great (makes a 150mm FF equivalent). I tried the Lumix 45-200mm, but the TCON17 made the images soft and with much chromatic aberration.
The shot below was to test for chromatic aberration, by having the high contrast areas of the branches against the gray background. 
Not surprisingly, contrast is a little soft with the teleconverter, but that is easily corrected either in camera or using Lightroom.
I will post more photos in the future, but it is hard to get out taking photos right now as we live in a rainy climate.
Vuze 3D VR video camera shipping in August 2016
System uses 4 pairs of cameras to photograph a 360 degree area in stereoscopic 3D. Price to be under $1,000.