Re: new digital vs pan camera

[Robert Erickson <cirkut8@xxxxxxxxx>]

How much time and money was wasted on Cirkut film and
processing. :-(

I don't recomend the Nikon 990 or any other 3+ mega
pixel digital camera strictly for shooting panorama or
for any internet still work. The files are just too
darn big and there is no improvement in the resulting
stitched panorama print quality. I am VERY happy with
my 2 mega pixel Nikon 950. With the money that I saved
I just about paid for my extra $325 500 megahertz
eMachine computer. :-)

To be truthful, a 3 mega pixel camera WILL produce
better large standard format prints. A pro would be
better off to own a 3+ mega pixel camera. The  movie
feature of the 990 alone would be worth the extra
expense. But, on the other hand if you are shooting
panorama or strictly stills for internet they are IMHO
over kill not worth the expence.

We all would LOVE to have the best and newest piece of
equipment, but would it effect our end result? Will
our images suffer if we use the last months model that
was ranked second best in the world? I say no. 

For a guide to buying digital cameras go to 
http://www.zdnet.com/special/filters/sc/camera/reviews/

When my students ask me what camera to buy I tell them
to first buy Photoshop or PaintShop Pro, stitching
software, and a photoquality printer. Then take what
ever money is left over to buy a camera. The software
is where the creative magic happens. 

:-)
Bob Erickson
http://www.panoramic.net

--- Clayton Tume <tume@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Any you guys or girls seen/used/bought one of these
> digital cameras?
> 
> Looking at the specs it's probably out of my price
> range.
> 
> Just done a job that was perfect for a stitched
> digital pan. I shot it with my Cirkut camera, 500mm
> lens, 160 degree pan.....the neg was just under 5
> feet long.
> 
> The shot was a 2 long buildings, owner and
> equipment, cars trucks vans out the front, me across
> the other side of a busy 4 lane road waiting and
> waiting and waiting for a break in the traffic. Took
> 5 shots and the best I got was 5 blurred cars in it
> and of course the client wants them all out. Now
> I've got to convert it to a digital file and do some
> clean up.....it would have been sooooo easy to do it
> with an ordinary digital camera, shoot between the
> traffic and stitch it all together, would have saved
> lots of time.
> 
> Thinking about buying the Nikon 990 just for jobs
> like this, Bob E. I can see why you moved over to
> digital.
> 
> Clayton
> 
> > New digital panoramic camera
> > 
> > British distributor Teamwork is announcing the
> availability of
> > SpheronVR's new digital panoramic camera, the
> Panocam 12. The device
> > rotates a full 360°around a vertical axis,
> producing image files of up
> > to 100MB without stitching. The camera delivers
> high resolution images,
> > with fast workflow times and is genuinely portable
> with a robust design,
> > according to Teamwork. It can yield complete
> panoramas in less than 60
> > seconds, is capable of working in low light
> conditions and able to
> > operate 15 minute scan operations. The Panocam 12,
> which is designed for
> > QuickTime VR work, produces resolutions of 2500
> pixels per vertical
> > line, with 16-bit colour per RGB channel. Light
> sensitivity is
> > equivalent to ISO400 and exposure times range from
> 1/8000s up to 1/2s.
> > 
> > (Read more in this week's printed issue of BJP)
> 
> 


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Robert Erickson, cirkut8@xxxxxxxxx
The Panoramic Network: http://www.panoramic.net

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