Re: How do you make a panorama Photo?

[WILLIAM D SCHWADERER <WDAVID@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> stitching option give you much, much higher resolution, but it require
more
> work, causing a lot of problem if you shoting moving obj's and if is going
> on the web (as usual) it need to be shrink anyway.
>
> So the question is: do I want to do panoramas as an art form or for more
> commercial purpose.
>
> Hardware cost usually is similar - pano-head Vs. 360lens. (OK, lens is a
bit
> more expensive, sometimes more than a bit). Price of software can make a
> difference. (Stitching option is cheaper). I guess, if you like to play
with
> image processing, stitching gives you more fun, but your producer
(probably)
> will be happier with fast "one shot".

The real cost and work is going out to capture the image.  It is important
to overshoot for tomorrow's Web bandwidths and screen resolutions. Stitching
is very fast now and not much trouble.  Many times the movement never
appears, even though it happened...

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