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PTgui - preview and stitched not the same
Re: PTgui - preview and stitched not the same
Posted: 13 Jul 2008 at 14:17 GMT
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John Houghton said:

My tutorial "360 VR Stitching with PTGui for beginners" does include some links and setup instructions for those I felt were of value to a beginner.


Thanks for your tutorials! I learned a lot from them and it helped me use PTGui more efficiently.

Phil
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DC3 Cockpit view
Re: DC3 Cockpit view
Posted: 25 Jun 2008 at 3:45 GMT
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Excellent pano with the Enfused exposure!
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Sigma 10mm entrance pupil location
Re: Sigma 10mm entrance pupil location
Posted: 21 Jun 2008 at 15:09 GMT
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Nikon FC-E8/9 and Panasonic LX2??
Re: Nikon FC-E8/9 and Panasonic LX2??
Posted: 15 Jun 2008 at 0:36 GMT
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Erik,

I agree with Andrew. Get a fisheye lens for the 30D because I fell that camera is easier and faster for shooting spherical panos.

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Nikon FC-E8/9 and Panasonic LX2??
Re: Nikon FC-E8/9 and Panasonic LX2??
Posted: 13 Jun 2008 at 22:03 GMT
updated: 13 Jun 2008 at 22:09 GMT
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Hi Erik,

I don't know anything about the E8 vs E9 but I made an adapter for my LX1 and the process should be the same on the LX2.

Follow this link to see my adapter. www.flickr.com/photos/philwarner/sets/72157594409...

The tutorial I followed is here. tinyurl.com/2yda6a

I never used it to shoot spherical panos but it was a fun toy. Now I'm using a Canon 30D with the Sigma 10mm f2.8 for my 360° spherical pano shots here, www.flickr.com/photos/philwarner/sets/72157603882....

The LX1 is now a good pocket camera for my wife.

Phil
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Panoheads Meeting in Toronto, June 21st
Re: Panoheads Meeting in Toronto, June 21st
Posted: 5 Jun 2008 at 13:40 GMT
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That sounds like fun.

Phil
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Help with Rendering overlay in Flash
Re: Help with Rendering overlay in Flash
Posted: 3 Jun 2008 at 4:24 GMT
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Tabb,

Looks good. I'm guessing a flash or xml programmer could add some code to preload the second pano after the first one was loaded. This way there wouldn't any waiting for the transition. It would be similar to a rollover gif in html.

Good luck!
Phil
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Minimum number of shots with Sigma 10-20mm for full 360°
Re: Minimum number of shots with Sigma 10-20mm for full 360°
Posted: 3 Jun 2008 at 4:03 GMT
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Klaus,

I'm using the Sigma 10mm lens on a Canon 30D. Shooting 6+1+1 works great. 5 around might work but you'll have no room for error and that 6th shot only takes a few extra seconds.

Phil
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lighting and an interior pano of a car
Re: lighting and an interior pano of a car
Posted: 29 May 2008 at 21:04 GMT
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Kirk,

Shooting outside on an overcast day with multiple exposures should work well. I've done it twice on a partly cloudy day and it worked. An overcast day would be better.

Here's one of mine I did the second week of me learning how to shoot and stitch panos. www.flickr.com/photos/philwarner/2272783228

The tripod wasn't properly secured and moved causing stitching errors. I was also in a hurry and forgot the nadir shot. It was the first time I tried using Enfuse so that part of the experiment was a success.

Phil
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What is HDVR?
Re: What is HDVR?
Posted: 12 May 2008 at 23:54 GMT
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klausesser said:

VR means "Virtual Reality" - and that´definitely not, what we are dealing with as panorama-photographers.

That's exactly what I was thinking too. If this was VR you could move forward and walk around the scene like in a real virtual reality environment simular to playing a game of Halo. But if I import the panorama into my Reflex XTR flight simulator it becomes a virtual world for me to fly rc helicopters and planes. I like to call my shots spherical panoramas.

klausesser...where those 200 shots in your gigapan shot with an automated panohead? They look great.

Phil
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Panos from Maramures
Re: Panos from Maramures
Posted: 11 May 2008 at 5:56 GMT
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Very nice.
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Jook Leung's 360° Panoramic Photography workshop in Maine
Re: Jook Leung's 360° Panoramic Photography workshop in Maine
Posted: 4 May 2008 at 5:50 GMT
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Here's a link to the workshop information. tinyurl.com/5kaeo7

It looks like fun and the lobster is great!

Phil
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Outsourcing pano stitching
Re: Outsourcing pano stitching
Posted: 4 May 2008 at 1:29 GMT
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Dorin,

Estimate of color vision deficiency's probability:0%

It means you're not a color blind freak like me. wink

Phil
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Outsourcing pano stitching
Re: Outsourcing pano stitching
Posted: 3 May 2008 at 22:30 GMT
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Here are my results from the same test at www.opticien-lentilles.com/daltonien_beta/new_tes....

Estimate of color vision deficiency's probability:51%
normal answers: 24/31
Your answer is randomly: 0/24
no similar proposal: 1/7
green color deficit (deutéranopia): 0/18
green color deficit (deutéranomaly) simulation wickline: 2/7
red color deficit (protanopia): 3/14
red color deficit (protanomaly) simulation wickline: 0/7
blue color deficit (tritanopia): 0/14
blue color deficit (tritanomaly) simulation wickline: 1/7
deuteranopia indicator:0%
deuteranomaly indicator: 29%
protanopia indicator: 16%
protanomaly indicator: 0%
tritanopia indicator: 0%
tritanomaly indicator: 14%

Phil
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Outsourcing pano stitching
Re: Outsourcing pano stitching
Posted: 3 May 2008 at 18:55 GMT
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Jorgen

Jorgen Poulsen said:

Now does it make a difference that I'm color blind?

What's the degree of you color blindness? I also have a tint color blindness with red & green. It does make adjusting the colors more challenging but it can still be learned. If you use Photoshop you can use it to work around your color blindness.

I only know this because I found someone who will be giving me Photoshop lessons on how to do it. I've only had one lesson to date and have been upgrading my computer and monitor before continuing. Anyone that teaches Photoshop for photography should be able to help you. Then you won't need to outsource anything and can make the edits quickly.

Stitching the panoramas will become easy after you do a number of them. Once you learn how to set up the camera and panohead stitching is almost automatic.

Phil
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