Re: Dicomed Field Pro modified by Michael Collette with a Better

[WILLIAM D SCHWADERER <WDAVID@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It looks as though I understated some of the facts in my earlier post. Robin
Myers thoughtfully sent the following note to me.

BTW, in addition to building the display stand for Steven Johnson, he is an
exceptional photographer as his site indicates.  Be sure to see the
referenced San Francisco panoramic image...

----- Original Message -----
From: Robin Myers <myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: WILLIAM D SCHWADERER <WDAVID@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: Dicomed Field Pro modified by Michael Collette with a Better


> Dear Mr. Schwaderer,
>
> Is this message from an email list on panoramic imaging? If so, perhaps I
> should join this list.
>
> > On a clear day, these cameras capture images of Crater Lake that reveal
cars
> > moving on the opposite shore a few miles away.
>
> Also in my San Francisco image, in the Coit Tower closeup, you can see the
cars
> moving on the Bay Bridge, a distance of over 7 miles away from the camera.
The
> JPEG format used for the Web does make the full detail a bit hard to see,
but
> the colored image from a large truck is visible (in the original, the cars
are
> more evident).
>
> > The only personal problem I have with any images taken by anyone with
any of
> > the cameras Michael Collette built is the 25 foot circumference image of
the
> > Grand Canyon taken by and hanging in Stephen Johnson's studio. I just
> > can't figure out how to get it and the wooden platform that houses it in
my
> > car.
>
> The actual length is close to 27.5 feet in length. There is also a
portable
> version of the display that debuted at MacWorld Boston in 1998. The entire
> display disassembles and fits into a small pickup truck (I designed and
built
> the display so it would be easy to move around and introduce more people
to the
> wonders of large format panoramic imagery).
>
> > Here is another great site that has one of the three cameras Michael
> > Collette built:
> >
> > http://www.rmphoto.com/gallery_index.html
> >
> > Check out the San Francisco panorama at the bottom of the list (usually
> > off-screen). Be sure to click just to the right and above the South
tower.
> > Moffett Field appears - 40 miles away...
>
> Thank you for the reference and kind words. There are other advantages to
> Micheal's cameras. You can mount a stage to the panoramic head, fix the
camera,
> then create object panoramas. The third panoramic Dicomed belongs to Dr.
> Nicholas Hellmuth, a mayan archaeologist, who is using the camera to
create
> rollouts (object panoramas that are displayed as rolled out cylindrical
images)
> of mayan pottery. Of course, using the QuickTime VR format, you can also
create
> regular object panoramas.
>
> Thank you once again for sending me this email. If you would like to know
more
> about the camera or some of the even stranger uses I've put it to, please
feel
> free to ask.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Robin Myers
>
> --
> Robin Myers Imaging
> Phone: 925-484-1065
> email: myers@xxxxxxxxxxx
> WWW: http://www.rmphoto.com