The film's co-writer Roberto Orci suggested that the IMAX footage would be 3D, but Bay later said that considering himself an " old school " filmmaker, he found 3D gimmicky and added that shooting in IMAX was easier than using stereoscopic cameras.
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The lander's other scientific instruments include a multispectral, stereoscopic camera for observing the landscape; a meteorology package for measuring air temperature, winds, pressure and humidity, and a light detection and radar system, called lidar, that emits laser light to detect clouds and hazes.
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With the success of the first two shorts, Smith consulted J . M . Nikolaus in the camera department at MGM . Nikolaus went to studio manager E . J . Mannix who gave Nikolaus a budget of " about $ 3, 000 " to create a stereoscopic camera rig.
