| Posted by Emperor Wang |
5/31/2005 12:54 AM | remove |
No panoramic shots, SnakeCorp?
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| Posted by SnakeCorp |
5/31/2005 3:27 PM | remove |
Erm...I'll have to consult the manual on that one - never tried doing one!
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| Posted by IIVQ |
5/31/2005 4:15 PM | remove |
Just take a couple of shots and make sure the edges overlap 30-50%. Then use a stitching program (I can advice you hugin).
Also: nice how the cables fade
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| Posted by SnakeCorp |
5/31/2005 7:53 PM | remove |
Thanks for the info, will have to give it a go. I never use a tripod, so I assume it would be good to try and balance the camera on piece of rock or something to make sure the photos line up?
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
5/31/2005 9:02 PM | remove |
A tripod definitely helps, but all stitching software tolerates some vertical offset between adjacent shots. Most of my panos were taken handheld, and I can't really complain about the results. Pano support built into the camera isn't really necessary either. All that does is help you line up adjacent shots with a special preview mode in the camera's display.
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| Posted by SnakeCorp |
5/31/2005 9:05 PM | remove |
Thanks for the info. Can someone recommend some stitching software?
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
5/31/2005 9:38 PM | remove |
I've never used a tripod for pano's - eventually your arm gets strong and you don't need one.
That and wanking build the muscles!
Oh, and use Canon PhotoStitch... PM me.
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| Posted by SnakeCorp |
5/31/2005 10:12 PM | remove |
Will do!
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| Posted by TurboZutek |
5/31/2005 11:33 PM | remove |
The Pano, the PM or the wanking?
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| Posted by Emperor Wang |
5/31/2005 11:56 PM | remove |
All three, I would hope! :-)
I'm using the Canon software too, and find it does the trick quite satisfactorily. I don't like the auto-crop feauture much though. I turn that one off and do the final cropping manually in Photoshop.
Check this thread for some other opinions, SC:
http://www.uer.ca/forum_showthread.asp?fid=1&threadid=18545
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| Posted by IIVQ |
6/1/2005 1:50 PM | remove |
I only use a tripod for night shots, i.e. where you need a tripod anyway.
You can't just line up pictures in photoshop anyway, you always need to deform them a bit, and stitching software will do that for you!
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| Posted by SnakeCorp |
6/1/2005 2:47 PM | remove |
Cheers all.
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| Posted by IIVQ |
8/28/2005 9:26 PM | remove |
Feztaa! wrote an excellent howto on using hugin: http://rbpark.ath.cx/photography/panoramas/tutorial.html
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| Posted by SnakeCorp |
8/29/2005 11:44 AM | remove |
I've been using the Autostitch program and found it very good.
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| Posted by atomx |
8/29/2005 3:20 PM | remove |
As do I, but I've been looking at hugin for it's exta little things it has like linear panoramas. and architectual views etc. But I'll still use autostitch, fast and reliable.
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| Posted by IIVQ |
8/30/2005 7:36 AM | remove |
I use hugin and I really like it. It has some quirks but once you know your way around it, it's the best there is.
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| Posted by Corvid |
3/20/2006 10:51 AM | remove |
Autostitch is exelent.
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