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PTgui aerial stitch help - send you the photos ?
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Re: PTgui aerial stitch help - send you the photos ?
Posted: 24 Apr 2008 at 20:53 GMT
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So what is the word on the images here?
I do 360 aerials and would be interested to see the results, and may have some advice based on what I see.
--Scott
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RC Aerial Bizz looking for Pano Help - You have any Questions for me?
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Re: RC Aerial Bizz looking for Pano Help - You have any Questions for me?
Posted: 18 Apr 2008 at 4:11 GMT
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Doug Aurand said: Scott
Really nice work.
I'm originally from Michigan.
Have you ever done any VR work near Jackson?
Doug Aurand
Albuquerque, NM
Thanks Doug, no I have not done anything over by Jackson.
I do have an associate that lives over by Lansing, but all he shoots aerial panos of are corn fields... 
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Re: RC Aerial Bizz looking for Pano Help - You have any Questions for me?
Posted: 17 Apr 2008 at 5:47 GMT
updated: 17 Apr 2008 at 5:56 GMT
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Bill,
I used an 8mm sigma 3.5 with my askman 360 mount, and it was not a problem.
A little noodle showed in the left corner, but running it through ptgui stitched and blended it right out.
As Rosauro said, 6 shots won't do it for an aerial pano. You need overlap as your heli will be moving.
For an aerial pano, you program your mount Tx to pan and shoot off of 1 switch.
The D40x and the rebel XTi both crank off about 3fps, so when you flip your switch on the camera mount Tx, the mount starts panning, and the camera starts taking picts.
Once the mount has gone around about 450 degrees, then you can flip the switch to stop the panning/picture taking.
The rebel is nice in the it is very easy and cheap to wire up an electronic trigger and not have to deal with a servo to take picts like you would on the D40x.
AEB won't help you in the air, but on the ground shooting panos it will.
Just be aware, they are addicting. If you shoot them in the air, you will shoot them on the ground, so that is why I like the AEB. 
Also as stated, don't worry about downlink or tilt for aerial panos.
Lock the tilt on the mount (one less thing to worry about and no one can bump the tilt while in the air), at about 10-15 degrees down. Go up in the air, flip your switch , watch it spin, then come down and land. Takes mere minutes to crank one out from takeoff to touchdown.
Like Rosauro said, do them on the ground first, then you will understand what it takes, and what will work best for mounting your camera in the mount. (portrait mode, lens centered under pan bolt).
Best advice I can give is when you're ready, mount the camera in your heli mount with NO heli on the mount.
Hold the top mount plate in your hand, and lift it out away from your body, and up above your head if you can.
flip the switch on your mount, and let it crank around taking picts for 450 degrees.
Then go drop the results into ptgui.
Doing this will allow you to test your camera placement/setup/oh crapp noodles were in the way, etc... while on the ground and not cause any issues or risk while in the air.
Once you can spit out a decent stitch from the above procedure, then you're ready to take it up with your heli and do the same.
Oh yeah, a few samples with said gear, just so you don't think I am a nut.
www.greatlakesap.com/recent/panos/peninsulapanohi...
www.greatlakesap.com/recent/panos/adams.html
www.greatlakesap.com/recent/panos/MissionPano.html
--Scott
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Totally discouraged and frustrated w/360s
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Re: Totally discouraged and frustrated w/360s
Posted: 14 Apr 2008 at 3:57 GMT
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How about a zip of the 13 shots, so others could give your images a go and let you know what the results are?
Zip up the files and give us a link to them off your site or wherever.
I'm sure several will crank through them and let you know the results.
--Scott
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Iphone panorama viewver
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Re: Iphone panorama viewver
Posted: 20 Mar 2008 at 1:02 GMT
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Very, Very cool. I have been dying to have panos on my iPhone as long as I have had it. Currently my iPhone is not JailBroken, so I can't try it out, but soon apple will release iPhone v2.0 software and support 3rd party apps.
I believe your application will then be available to all iPhone users?
Do the panos have to be loaded on to the iPhone, or can they be viewed over the web?
Thanks, and great work you guys.
--Scott
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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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Downtown Christmas Lights
Posted: 28 Dec 2007 at 8:18 GMT
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This is the Big Bright Lights show in Downtown Rochester, MI, in the US.
This is the second year the downtown has down this.
Last year they had 1/2 million lights. This year they expanded it to 1 million lights.
The lights are on from 5PM to 11PM every night, and every night, the traffic is crazy because people come from all over to see them.
It took me about 1 hour to get this shot, with trying to get everything timed right with traffic and not get run over.
I finally got it about 5 minutes before the lights went off for the night.
While waiting and trying to get the shots several times during that hour, I noticed that looking one way down the street, there are 2 red twinkling stop lights, and at the other end are 2 green twinkling "go" lights for the cars. Once I noticed this, I wanted to capture it, and that made it even harder for the timing and trying to not get run over, but in the end, I was able to get them, and you can see them in the pano.
The moon was also out, and got captured in the opening view.
www.greatlakesap.com/recent/panos/rls.html
Thanks,
Scott
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Moving from a PC to a Mac - Observations and request for comments
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Re: Moving from a PC to a Mac - Observations and request for comments
Posted: 13 Dec 2007 at 15:57 GMT
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Keith Mackey said: 2. Pano2QTVR. - No Mac version available. I bought Cubic Converter which is a nice program, but does not seem to be as capable or controllable as Pano2QTVR
Just curious what features you think Pano2QTVR has that cubic converter is missing.
I actually like cubic converter better than Pano2QTVR for my workflow.
Thanks,
Scott
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Sigma 8mm sweet spot?
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Re: Sigma 8mm sweet spot?
Posted: 28 Nov 2007 at 7:41 GMT
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I like to shoot mine @ F8, and focus between 1M and infinity.
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more bonfire,beltpodcam and working in a crowd
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Re: more bonfire,beltpodcam and working in a crowd
Posted: 20 Nov 2007 at 18:06 GMT
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Very nice, and Really cool Bruce.
What do you use for a white balance setting when shooting these night time panos?
Did you noise ninja this? If so, do you ninja each shot first, or do you stitch it then ninja the equirectangular?
thanks,
Scott
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Re: What to upgrade on my computer?
Posted: 13 Nov 2007 at 6:29 GMT
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Make sure you have ptgui 7.30.
It is listed as supporting dual core processors.
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HDR Feedback Appreciated...
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Re: HDR Feedback Appreciated...
Posted: 8 Nov 2007 at 20:15 GMT
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I like it David.
What is your HDR technique?
ptgui pro? Photomatrix?
Blend, then stitch, or stitch, then blend?
-2 to +2??
Thanks,
Scott
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Need to buy a fisheye lens but I have a question
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Re: Need to buy a fisheye lens but I have a question
Posted: 7 Nov 2007 at 21:33 GMT
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Dorin,
Maybe I missed it somewhere else, but have you cranked out a Pano with the new lens yet???
I want to see one.
Thanks,
Scott
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Re: Need to buy a fisheye lens but I have a question
Posted: 30 Oct 2007 at 15:25 GMT
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So Dorin,
Is your new lens on it's way yet?
--Scott
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