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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
Looks cool. Where's the 360 degree (stitched) version?
Images can be seen here:
http://www.freelanceshots.com/360_virtual_image_photography.html
Hi!
I liked it! Where is the detailed description of know-how? [:)] Or, at list EXIF data?
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.
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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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.
Hey, I like that. Nice work, especially the way the ceiling "supports" the whole image.
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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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?
Nice job, freelance. In what part of Arkansas are you located? Little Rock, right?
Little Rock, at least until I can move and continue to make a living with my photography.
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.
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-