Kalle
Posts: 15
Location: Malmö, Sweden
Registered: 12 Jun 2009
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Newbie needs equipment advice!
Posted: 12 Jun 2009 at 20:21 GMT
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Hi everyone!
In my work I often produce photomontages of how, for example, windturbines would affect the landscape from a given point. Right now we only do these photomontages of single or sometimes of 2-3 stitched images to get a maximum of around 160-180 degree view of the landscape.
Now my goal is to be able to do full 360 panoramas and offer these as a qtvr movie. It doesn't have to be fully spherical panoramas, cylindrical is enough (for now).
I work with a Canon 450D (non full frame) and a 18-55 mm lens.
One of my concerns is if I'm able to work satisfactorly with this lens for this purpose? I understand that it will take a lot more pictures to create a full 360 panorama, even more if I want a spherical, but how much more work is it then in front of the computer to stich it all together? Is it a big difference? Is it feasible at all? (I want to get paid for my time, hehe)
If I'm deciding to start with this lens after all, I'll need a panohead that supports multiple rows of pictures. Can you point me in the right direction or maybe you know of the perfect panohead for this setup?
As for software I'm thinking of going with Panotools, not because it's free but because it sounds like a great set of tools. What do you think?
I have tons of more questions but will hold for now... 
/Kalle
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Rosauro
Posts: 292
Location: Toronto, Canada
Registered: 15 Dec 2006
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DorinDXN
Posts: 2408
Location: Timisoara, Romania
Registered: 14 Nov 2006
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Re: Newbie needs equipment advice!
Posted: 12 Jun 2009 at 21:09 GMT
updated: 12 Jun 2009 at 21:09 GMT
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Hi Kalle on my web page you can see samples of panoramas made with Canon 350D and 18-55 mm lens on NodalNinja 3
As a free software I highly reccomend Hugin
Dorin
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Kalle
Posts: 15
Location: Malmö, Sweden
Registered: 12 Jun 2009
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Re: Newbie needs equipment advice!
Posted: 12 Jun 2009 at 22:36 GMT
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Beautiful panoramas Dorin! And thanks about the tip about NodalNinja both you and Rosauro!
Dorin, the panoramas you made with the 18-55 lens, how many pictures did it take?
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DorinDXN
Posts: 2408
Location: Timisoara, Romania
Registered: 14 Nov 2006
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Re: Newbie needs equipment advice!
Posted: 13 Jun 2009 at 9:56 GMT
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Thanks Kalle
I took 38 photos:
12 at 0° tilt, 12 at +45° 12 at -45° one up and one down. To cover the light range, for most of them I used braketing that's mean a multiply by 3.
It can be down with 10 on each row one at each 36° of yaw
Dorin
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pano-maxx
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Location: Hamburg, Germany
Registered: 21 Feb 2008
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KVSSetty
Posts: 60
Location: Bangalore, India
Registered: 10 Jul 2008
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Re: Newbie needs equipment advice!
Posted: 19 Jun 2009 at 15:15 GMT
updated: 19 Jun 2009 at 15:16 GMT
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Hi,
As far as software is concerned, just working with panotools is a nightmare, go for Hugin GUI, or the well known sure shot PTgui. you will save tons of hours.
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CanaTREK
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Registered: 1 Jul 2009
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Re: Newbie needs equipment advice!
Posted: 1 Jul 2009 at 2:58 GMT
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Hi everyong, as a pano picture taker, I have been putting them together on my PC through Photoshop and PTGui..so far it is working out. NOW THE PROBLEM
I would like to put them up in QTVR, BUT NOW checking with Apple and others (VERY FRUSTRATING) I can not find the authoring software to do it. Can someone, anyone put me out of my misery by tossing a helping hand ANYONE please.
Thanks,
James Vancouver Canada
get2thetop@hotmail.com
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badders
Posts: 290
Location: East Kilbride, United Kingdom
Registered: 5 Dec 2007
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Re: Newbie needs equipment advice!
Posted: 1 Jul 2009 at 6:55 GMT
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Hi James,
Pano2VR from GardenGnomeSoftware will do what you want.
Andrew Baddeley
www.360tacticalvr.com
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