RE: How do you make a panorama Photo?

[Diane McClamroch <diane.mcclamroch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: How do you make a panorama Photo?

Jeff,

Your right.  The only image of ours that would actually print
really well was our one-shot with the medium format Mamiya, which
shot a slow F/stop of about 20, but good quality as long as you
didn't get light sprays from long exposure times.  The Nikon N70
model wasn't bad for print and it shot at an F/8 so we could
actually stop action.

I'll be taking our new solution out next week to the San Jose Arena
and I'll give you some feedback.

Yes, arm and a leg, first born, and your house!

I'm writing this from me as a photographer.

Diane McClamroch
Imaging Specialist
Be Here Corporation
dianem@xxxxxxxxxx
1.408.873.4921

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Foster [mailto:jncfoster@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 9:24 AM
To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: How do you make a panorama Photo?

I've been lurking on this list for quite some time now, so please pardon me
if I'm "butting-in" here...

I'm currently wresting with this concept myself, after investigating several
"1-shot" reflective solutions vs. stitching 35mm shots with a 14mm lens.
I've even tried a Seitz Roundshot 35/35 - which I recently sold on eBay.

My observations so far are (not conclusions):

- Quality input data for high-res VRs can only come from multiple-shot panos
that gets stitched (provided you are using a proper pano-rig with your
camera) - even if you're shooting digital.

- Large format Roundshots and century-old swing-lens solutions take
beautiful panos with rich quality, but cost an "arm and a leg".  Quite
possibly overkill if you're simply creating QTVRs.  There is no doubt that
the best quality results come from these monsters, but cost and
development/scanning time may be prohibitive for most.

- Reflective one-shot solutions are great for live video (ie. BeHere) or
quick digital "donuts" for web-deliverd VRs, but I haven't seen any quality
shots taken with one yet... at least that I'd want to blow-up and print
from.  Oh... and then there's the "arm and a leg" factor again (+ possible
first-born)

- For QTVRs new "cubic" format, requiring only 6 shots, perhaps this is a
step in the right direction for quicker stitched VRs that give full 360x360
views...?  Set up is still a hassle but the price is right!

Again... these are only my observations thus far - too soon to make any
conclusions - nor is the industry slowing down in development of these
media-rich technologies.  Heck, I'm still struggling with "film vs. digital"
- and when do I use which one!

I'm also currently experimenting with "hyper-stereo" setups and
investigating the 360 stereo space... very exciting and visually
captivating!

Thanks to all for a lively discussion and your valuable input!

Jeff

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> 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
>