Image Pickup Apparatus and Video Recording and Reproduction System

Abstract

[Object] To capture a high-quality 3D image having an appropriate parallax level and a small chromatic aberration. [Solving Means] A light ray output from a subject is separated into left and right light rays by mirrors 141 and 143 in an area in which a diverging light ray output from a point of the subject is converted into a parallel light ray. When the subject is looked at from the right side, the light ray is reflected by the mirror 141 and is further reflected by the mirror 142. When the subject is looked at from the left side, the light ray is reflected by the mirror 143 and is further reflected by the mirror 144. The right light ray reflected by the mirror 142 is made incident on the image forming lens 151. The light ray made incident on the image forming lens 151 forms an image on a light receiving surface of an imaging device 171. The left light ray reflected by the mirror 144 is made incident on an image forming lens 152. The light ray made incident on the image forming lens 152 forms an image on a light receiving surface of an imaging device 172. In this way, a high-quality 3D image having an appropriate parallax level and a small chromatic aberration is captured.

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