Re: Long, long, and then some panoramas

[Ellis Vener <evphoto@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This sounds like a good application of a the Peace River multi-gyro stabilized
camera mount which is designed for mounting motion picture cameras on vechiles of
all sorts. I remember reading about it but don't have contact info. Maybe try
http://www.peaceriver.com  ?

Andrew Davidhazy wrote:

> A introductory treatment of the factors that allow any strip camera to do
> panoramic, peripheral or linear strip photography are available in several
> articles published on the web at  http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/articles.html
>
> I generally don't like to do things "by the numbers" without knowing what the
> actual factors are that make a "by the numbers" approach work. So many years
> ago I tried to put together a layman's introduction to the theory behind the
> practice in this field along with "by the numbers" charts for various
> applications.
>
> The application of a Cirkut and a Hulcher camera (or any other strip camera for
> that matter) for the purposes of making reproductions of facades facing a
> roadway or similar or for the photography of horses finishing a race and
> passing trains or such were also described in an article published in the IPPA
> (or is it IAPP?) newsletter.
>
> BTW,
>
> > "I would like to setup my 220VR camera in a moving automoblie (car) to
> > photograph buildings across the street so that the image is free of
> > perspective (orthographic)."
>
> Orthographic would mean devoid of perspective in all directions. Moving strip
> cameras can eliminate perspective in one direction (that which is perpendicular
> to the slit or parallel to film movement) but not in both. I think (not sure)
> only telecentric systems can do this or images that have been "massaged" by
> sophisticated mathematical algorithms such as used for certain types of
> mapmaking.
>
> ... not really "panoramic" in topic but maybe something to think about.
>
> Andy  o o  0 0 o . o  Davidhazy, Imaging and Photo Tech
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