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gus

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Interesting use of NN3!
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 at 21:03 GMT
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Wonder what bracket he used to mount the phone:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=87OJo75-knY

Gus
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DemonDuck

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Re: Interesting use of NN3!
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 at 22:19 GMT
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Another nightmare for Nick.

But that's everything in one. Camera, controller, stitcher, uploader. I'm guessing that before long, that's the way a lot of panos are going to be done. Maybe without the pano head.
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markkuk

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Re: Interesting use of NN3!
Posted: 23 Jan 2012 at 23:47 GMT
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You can get a similar phone mount e.g. from DealExtreme: www.dealextreme.com/p/mini-plastic-tripod-for-cel...
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Judy-A

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Re: Interesting use of NN3!
Posted: 24 Jan 2012 at 0:18 GMT
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In this case, the stitching with Photosynth looks pretty bad.

The iPhone has a built-in gyroscope. Couldn’t a stitcher could use the gyroscope information to position images instead of trying to match image features?

Judy
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DorinDXN

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Re: Interesting use of NN3!
Posted: 24 Jan 2012 at 8:06 GMT
updated: 24 Jan 2012 at 8:23 GMT
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The diverser and easier way to do panoramas the greater need for panoheads will be.

I read somewhere there are 400 bilion photos taken in every year, if every photo were require a tripod the number will be much much less and at the statement "I'm a photographer" one will be still receiving "A what?" instead of the nowadays "Me too!"

Just because of those 400 bn photos/yr, the sales of the tripods go well, I have couple of them.

I done this
m.livepanoramas.com/event/IzenaNoKai/?pano=012
handheld, was no way to use a tripod nor a monopod in that case beacause I was "dancing" too
there is a bigger resolution with www. instead of m.

But I still have another 15000 panos with R1 and will have further more with a twin R1

If the panohead producer is openminded and listen and tune his develeopment sinched with the natural evolution and needs he will have guaranteed success.

cheers,
Dorin
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DemonDuck

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Re: Interesting use of NN3!
Posted: 24 Jan 2012 at 16:18 GMT
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Judy-A said:

In this case, the stitching with Photosynth looks pretty bad.

The iPhone has a built-in gyroscope. Couldn’t a stitcher could use the gyroscope information to position images instead of trying to match image features?

Judy


Even better, the gyro and accelerometers in smart phones could be used to indicate a virtual NNP in space by putting indicators on the screen. And then using the positions of the smart phone at the time of the shutter release to do the stitch.

Depending on the accuracy of the gyro and accelerometers, one could position the smart phone in space to within a 1cm cube by hand.
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Henri Smeets

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Re: Interesting use of NN3!
Posted: 24 Jan 2012 at 16:19 GMT
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There's even a special panohead for the iPhone:

www.youbiq.com/site/gymbl/perfect-panoramas/

Still, as long as I'm shooting with the iPhone I'll stick with doing it handheld, if won't be perfect anyway. Still, under the right circumstances the iPhone can create quite nice panos! ;

photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=3ac2d093-3fa4-48a2-b...
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Smooth

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Re: Interesting use of NN3!
Posted: 24 Jan 2012 at 16:55 GMT
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Henri Smeets said:

Still, under the right circumstances the iPhone can create quite nice panos! ;

photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=3ac2d093-3fa4-48a2-b...
Human tripod?


Regards, Smooth cool
www.omnipix.com.au
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