Stereoscopic optics

A stereoscopic optic adapter comprising:

• an optical adapter body configured to optically interconnect a single lens optical device defining a region to be imaged and an image capture device, the optical adapter body comprising at least a stereoscopic shutter and an optical relay;
• wherein the stereoscopic shutter comprises a plurality of separately controllable occludable regions configured to alternately occlude the light exiting from predetermined regions of the single lens optical device, and wherein the stereoscopic shutter is configured to produce a stereoscopic image from the imaged region of the single lens optical device;
• wherein the optical relay comprises one or more optical elements configured to transmit light from said single lens optical device through said stereoscopic shutter to said image capture device such that the stereoscopic shutter produces a stereoscopic image from the imaged region and transmits said stereoscopic image to said image capture device;
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• wherein the relative rotational alignment between the stereoscopic shutter and the camera is adjustable such that the rotational alignment is configurable to ensure capture of the stereoscopic image by the image capture device, and wherein the stereoscopic shutter and the image capture device are rotatably interconnected such that the rotational orientation of the camera relative to the region to be imaged may be altered while maintaining the relative rotational alignment of the stereoscopic shutter and the image capture device.