Re: How do you make a panorama Photo?

[WILLIAM D SCHWADERER <WDAVID@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This will never happen.  Stitching enables you to capture multiple sensors
worth of information for an image.  I typically get 9.2 worth for a 360 at
35mm equivalent focal length and shoot 18 images to capture all input.  Full
hemispherical gives you about 1.2 for 360x180 - a much greater vertical
field of view image spread over fewer sensor samples.  Alternately, you use
a reflective technology which degrades the incoming light.  In addition, the
captured image occupies a donut shape on one sensor.

Stitching may be no fun, but it usually delivers nearly flawless images.
See:

http://www.spinpic.com/pano_index.htm
http://www.spinpic.com/pano_hawaii.htm

The "large, final" images you see when you make a selection are thumbnails
of the real ones.  I am regularly cranking out riveting 180 degree 80 MB
TIFF images when I use zoom and adjust the SpinScape-I angular increment
accordingly...  It is effortless...

Single shot approaches do not stand a chance...never have and never
will...the math is against them...

----- Original Message -----
From: Murat Germen <mgermen@xxxxxxxx>
To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 4:11 AM
Subject: Re: How do you make a panorama Photo?


> great point,
>
> voted for stitching, but i'd prefer to be able to get a quality (yet
> affordable) 360 degree panorama camera.
>
> > From: pshute@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Reply-To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:33:36 +1100
> > To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: How do you make a panorama Photo?
>
> > I notice that stitching is clearly beating one shot 360 degrees.  I
> > wonder what the result would be if there was an option "stitching, but
> > I'd prefer to use one shot 360 degrees if I could"?
> >
> > Peter Shute
>