AZ ChopperCam
Posts: 26
Location: Mesa, AZ, United States
Registered: 8 Aug 2007
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Aerial Panos
Posted: 27 Jan 2008 at 5:33 GMT
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Been a lurker here for the better part of a year. Did alot of ground based panos with a tripod and NN3 before trying my hand at aerial panos.
Inspiration came from Tabb and Dan. Seeing their pano work over the last couple years drove me to the point of needing to be able to do them myself.
As of last fall I had put together what I currently think to be my working setup. RC helicopter with rotating camera mount, a Nikon D40X and 10.5mm.
Now they are my life obsession. Seems like the past few months I live, eat, sleep, dream, and talk aerial panos.
so... I figured I'd stop in and give y'all the opportunity to see what months of reading all your great posts has turned into for me.
samples here:
azchoppercam.com/spherical_panoramics.shtm
Or course, I'm still learning alot about advanced stitching techniques with PTGui but I'm finally comfortable now putting up the helicopter and assuming that 95% of the time I'll be able to capture a pan that will turn out well enough to sell to a client.
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Danilo
Posts: 57
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Registered: 19 Nov 2007
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 27 Jan 2008 at 8:39 GMT
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Your site looks great with great panoramas!
What helicopter are you using?
I'm looking for the logo 10, just for learning to fly. Later planning to buy the maxi joker......
Amanda
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ebig
Posts: 154
Location: Haiku, Maui, Hawaii, United States
Registered: 21 May 2007
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 27 Jan 2008 at 18:03 GMT
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Stunning images...
A couple look like hdr saturation and shadow detail.
Thanks
Ed
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Scott DuBose
Posts: 18
Location: San Jose, CA, United States
Registered: 22 Jan 2008
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 27 Jan 2008 at 21:31 GMT
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Great ideas... looks like you've taken your passion to 'new heights!' And we thought **we** had it difficult rotating around the nodal point... Much success...
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Doug Aurand
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Location: Albuquerque, NM, United States
Registered: 2 Jan 2008
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 29 Jan 2008 at 3:41 GMT
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Those are great aerial images.
One like the shot of the golf course would have been great with a virtual golf course tour I did in Ruidoso, NM
Doug Aurand
Albuquerque, NM
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AZ ChopperCam
Posts: 26
Location: Mesa, AZ, United States
Registered: 8 Aug 2007
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 29 Jan 2008 at 4:54 GMT
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Danilo said: What helicopter are you using?
a Logo 700 (it's actually a stretched Logo 600). Alot of folks want to fly a Joker but I personally don't see the point. For aerial panos they don't fly any better than my Logo 700. I've owned a Joker and while it sure was a pretty helicopter, it is heavier than the Logo and much more expensive to acquire and repair.
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Rosauro
Posts: 238
Location: Toronto, Canada
Registered: 15 Dec 2006
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 29 Jan 2008 at 5:37 GMT
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Would you like to share how to stretch a Logo 600? 
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AZ ChopperCam
Posts: 26
Location: Mesa, AZ, United States
Registered: 8 Aug 2007
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 30 Jan 2008 at 0:30 GMT
updated: 30 Jan 2008 at 0:30 GMT
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800mm tail boom from a Vario and a longer belt from sdp-si.com I forget the lenght of the belt. I want t0 say it's a 385 tooth 1/4" XL series belt.
that's it... nuthin' else to it.
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atomicmak
Posts: 173
Location: ahmedabad, India
Registered: 7 Dec 2006
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 30 Jan 2008 at 10:54 GMT
updated: 30 Jan 2008 at 11:01 GMT
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Hi AZ ChopperCam
would you mind telling your heli setup ?
i am right now learning on phoenix and wish to get my steps into aerial Pano.
collecting informations right now for heli setup for AP.
also i heared that BerganRC is the most which people use to carry dslr and lense like canon 5d and nikon d200,d300 etc.
here is the specs
www.bergenrc.com/Observer.php
plz guide if this would be good for ap
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atomicmak
Posts: 173
Location: ahmedabad, India
Registered: 7 Dec 2006
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 30 Jan 2008 at 11:18 GMT
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i have one more question and that is :
how all this pan & tilt gear works ?
is there any clock fix gear attached or it is open ?
like in our pano head's they are all can be fix on degrees to lock ...
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AZ ChopperCam
Posts: 26
Location: Mesa, AZ, United States
Registered: 8 Aug 2007
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 31 Jan 2008 at 0:55 GMT
updated: 31 Jan 2008 at 0:55 GMT
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basically I have a camera mount directly underneath the center of gravity of the helicopter. The camera mount has the ability to rotate in the pan axis. The camera is mounted in portrait orientation with the entrance pupil very close to the rotation axis.
I take about 8 shots all the way around. Using a bit of Photoshop work I remove the helicopter from above.
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atomicmak
Posts: 173
Location: ahmedabad, India
Registered: 7 Dec 2006
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 31 Jan 2008 at 6:22 GMT
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so do you rotate your pan gear approximate degrees or it has ability to fix degree rotation ?
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Scott Dreslinski
Posts: 57
Location: Rochester Hills, MI, United States
Registered: 30 Jan 2007
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 31 Jan 2008 at 8:45 GMT
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atomicmak said: so do you rotate your pan gear approximate degrees or it has ability to fix degree rotation ?
You don't pan, shoot, pan, shoot, pan, shoot.
It is not like a ground pano.
Aerial panos are done "on the fly".
Start a 360 continuous pan, and while doing it fire off continuous shots.
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Rosauro
Posts: 238
Location: Toronto, Canada
Registered: 15 Dec 2006
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 31 Jan 2008 at 9:48 GMT
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Just to add to Scott...
It's the reverse of ground panos. You patch the zenith not the nadir. Shoot with the camera angled down enough to cover the nadir.
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Rosauro
Posts: 238
Location: Toronto, Canada
Registered: 15 Dec 2006
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Re: Aerial Panos
Posted: 31 Jan 2008 at 9:51 GMT
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By the way Mital
How is your flight training going? Practice, practice and practice on the sim... then practice some more...
Then get out there and fly! Practice your autos!
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