I'm kind of getting into this panorama thing
I thought this one came out good so I thought I'd share. I make my panoramas so they can be turned into 360 x 180 spherical panoramas where they can be viewed at my personal website under the virtual images section. At this point you need Quicktime viewer to see the functionality but I plan on being able to convert them to flash shortly. Larger image can be seen here.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/...3ab370aa06.jpg
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Looks cool. Where's the 360 degree (stitched) version?
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Hi!
I liked it! Where is the detailed description of know-how? [:)] Or, at list EXIF data?
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My equipment that I used is the 5DII, 360precision head, 15mm Canon fisheye, and PTGui software.
Camera setting are as follows: Images are bracketed all at f/11 with a shutter of 2,4 and 8 second exposure with ISO 200.
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freelance,
Nicely done. PTGUI is a great front end for PanoTools. I still use the panotools PS plugin. Fun stuff, hope it yields some $$ customers.
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Originally Posted by freelanceshots
My equipment that I used is the 5DII, 360precision head, 15mm Canon fisheye, and PTGui software.
Camera setting are as follows: Images are bracketed all at f/11 with a shutter of 2,4 and 8 second exposure with ISO 200.
Hi!
Thanks. I will highly appreciate if you can tell how this may work on crop body? What adjustment needed?
Thank you in advance.
Alex.
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Hey, I like that. Nice work, especially the way the ceiling "supports" the whole image.
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Well I would suggest reading up on Internet for specific details
on the process as there is a ton of information that could explain it
better then I could. I'm sure for crop camera shooting you could use
Sigma's 8mm fisheye lens as I hear is works good for panorama stitching
with software for a wider angle of view. There are plenty of nicely made
panorama heads out there but I had to get my specific one for a work
assignment where it was like 900 dollars. There are less expensive heads
for panoramic work but as far as recommending a specific brand I'd only
be guessing. Good luck!
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Originally Posted by freelanceshots
Well I would suggest reading up on Internet for specific details
on the process as there is a ton of information that could explain it
better then I could. I'm sure for crop camera shooting you could use
Sigma's 8mm fisheye lens as I hear is works good for panorama stitching
with software for a wider angle of view. There are plenty of nicely made
panorama heads out there but I had to get my specific one for a work
assignment where it was like 900 dollars. There are less expensive heads
for panoramic work but as far as recommending a specific brand I'd only
be guessing. Good luck!
Thanks!
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You can actually use any lens/body combination you want. The wider the lens, less shots are needed. If you are handy, you can make your own panorama head. I made my own out of birch plywood. The idea is to rotate the camera around a specific point in the lens so that the foreground and background maintain alignment. Happy panoraming!
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Wouldn't it be logical to rotate it around a point on or a plane through the sensor itself? And if so, how close is that to the existing mounting point for the camera on the bottom of the body? I guess each body is different. How do we find that point for our own cameras?
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Nice job, freelance. In what part of Arkansas are you located? Little Rock, right?
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Little Rock, at least until I can move and continue to make a living with my photography.
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The point which some call "nodal point" or "entrance pupil" or "non-parallax point" is located toward the front of the lens, sometimes right in line with the color ring on the front of the lens. Here's a guide on how to find it.
http://www.panoguide.com/howto/panoramas/panohead.jsp
There's alot of good information around on that website.
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The focal plane is shown on the camera body, I think it's on the side of the hotshoe/viewfinder on mine. The symbol looks a bit like this : -0-