FIELD: physics, optics.
SUBSTANCE: apparatus for generating stereoscopic images comprises an objective lens for forming an image of an object in the form of a real image or an imaginary image, as well as a plurality of optical image-forming systems which form a plurality of light streams of an object from capturing, which are output on different paths from the optical system of the objective lens and then in the form of images with parallax, using a plurality of independent optical systems. The focal distance of the objective lens and the distance (L) from the rear principal point of the optical system of the objective lens to the front principal point of the optical image-forming system satisfy the relationship: |f/(L-f)|≤1, where the value of the focal distance is positive when the optical system of the objective lens forms an image of the object in the form of a real image, and the value of the focal distance is negative when the optical system of the objective lens forms an image of the object in the form of an imaginary image.
EFFECT: maintaining image quality during stereoscopic capturing, when the captured object and the imaging apparatus are located at a finite distance.
2 cl, 26 dwg
