John Willetts
Posts: 259
Location: Bath, United Kingdom
Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Back from the dead
Posted: 3 Oct 2011 at 16:20 GMT
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Hi All,
Forums are very addictive - so over the last few months, I've withdrawn in order to do some proper work.
One of the things I've been doing has been remastering a lot of old stuff using more modern software.
Now I've reached my first century I thought you might like to take a look:
www.360cities.net/profile/john_willetts
Click on the 'View all Panoramas' button.
I've chosen the 360 Cities platform because all I have to do is upload the equirectangular image, find the location on Google Earth and write a description. The rest is automatic. Because the panoramas are also published on Google Earth, there is a lot more exposure than one could ever have from a private website. Two things I don't like are: the name - it's too urban, should be 360 World; and the inability to sort and categorise shots within the profile page.
The other major change in my Panoramic life is the camera. I made some tests with a NEX3 in the early summer - and haven't used the D300 since. It has nearly everything I need. I've pre-ordered a NEX7 which should fill in the gaps.
John
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Smooth
Posts: 3773
Location: Mount Panorama, Australia
Registered: 21 Jul 2004
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Re: Back from the dead
Posted: 3 Oct 2011 at 17:20 GMT
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G'day John,
I think your last post before now was on my Sony NEX thread some time ago www.panoguide.com/forums/qna/9130/?page=3 .John Willetts said: Thanks, Smooth, for all your patience and constructive advice. I am now awaiting delivery of the camera.
Before your postings, I had almost decided that this was the pocket camera for travel. Now, it looks as if, with only the need for one more pocket for the fisheye, I can finally ditch the backpack.
As I sometimes take very low level pans of wild flowers, the tilt screen will make composition less of a hit or miss exercise.
John
So you went with the Sony? What lens are you using, the Sigma 8mm or Sunex?
Point me to a pano done with your Sony NEX.
Regards, Smooth 
www.omnipix.com.au
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John Willetts
Posts: 259
Location: Bath, United Kingdom
Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Smooth
Posts: 3773
Location: Mount Panorama, Australia
Registered: 21 Jul 2004
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Re: Back from the dead
Posted: 3 Oct 2011 at 18:02 GMT
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Neat! Good composition.
So you just added a Nikon to NEX adapter and off you went?
There is no aperture control on the Sunex right? Fixed at f/5.6
Seems to work fine, pity about the slow delivery of 360cities and those annoying arrows and pop-over things.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards, Smooth
www.omnipix.com.au
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Judy-A
Posts: 525
Location: Edmonton, Canada
Registered: 20 Jan 2010
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Re: Back from the dead
Posted: 4 Oct 2011 at 5:46 GMT
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Hi John,
Good to see you posting here. It’s a delight to go through your panoramas, finding old favorites and discovering new ones.
You haven’t lost your knack of finding wonderful compositions wherever you go.
Judy
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John Willetts
Posts: 259
Location: Bath, United Kingdom
Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Re: Back from the dead
Posted: 4 Oct 2011 at 10:13 GMT
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Thanks, Judy & Smooth.
Yes, the Sunex is fixed at 5.6. It's fixed focus too which means that everything between 15" and infinity is sharp.
As long as the arrows point to my pans, I don't mind. It's only a matter of time before I fill in my gaps.
John
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Mark Houston
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Location: Ferndale, Michigan, United States
Registered: 23 Aug 2005
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Re: Back from the dead
Posted: 4 Oct 2011 at 13:54 GMT
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Very nice panorama John, I really like the "feel" of the image.
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