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« Reply #50 on: February 18, 2013, 17:03 »
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Has anyone used a giga pan head?


I use it - great tool. Can't use Hugin on my Mac, it hangs the box... and Photoshop exports need really attention - sometimes I had  ghosts, sometimes exposure problems - it takes too much time to fix for me. Don't know other software.


I am thinking purchases one, can you show some examples?


This is a terrific example:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/nepal/9757538/Mount-Everest-in-stunning-four-billion-pixel-image-detail.html


« Reply #51 on: February 18, 2013, 18:30 »
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I tried ICE with some of mine and it just says 0% and nothing happens. Probably my old XP computer with 2GB memory, or the files are too big. Uninstalled, and I'll try again fresh tomorrow. I thought it worked a year or two ago. Odd.
I use it in my WinXP, 3.2GB memory PC with very full HD. Is that an installation error?

RacePhoto

« Reply #52 on: February 18, 2013, 22:38 »
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I suspect it's my computer and possibly install error or that I tried starting with a 46 image panorama taken with the 40D, all full size and it croaked.  ;D I have uninstalled and will re-install and try again when I have some time to that. I like autopano pro so much, even if it's a few year old version, that using ICE would only be just to watch it work. Whatever it is, I'm fairly sure the problem is my creation.

That reminds me, here's how I made panoramas before digital.  :-[ I wish I could find the negatives for this bridge construction site.


Under another bridge?

I tried ICE with some of mine and it just says 0% and nothing happens. Probably my old XP computer with 2GB memory, or the files are too big. Uninstalled, and I'll try again fresh tomorrow. I thought it worked a year or two ago. Odd.

I use it in my WinXP, 3.2GB memory PC with very full HD. Is that an installation error?

« Reply #53 on: February 19, 2013, 01:50 »
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Race, you should have used a 6x17 camera with a 70mm Schneider Super-Angulon and all your film stitching problems could have been solved for less than $10,000  ;D


« Reply #54 on: February 19, 2013, 02:12 »
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Has anyone used a giga pan head?


I use it - great tool. Can't use Hugin on my Mac, it hangs the box... and Photoshop exports need really attention - sometimes I had  ghosts, sometimes exposure problems - it takes too much time to fix for me. Don't know other software.


I am thinking purchases one, can you show some examples?


Here we go:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=121562329
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=124953440

« Reply #55 on: February 19, 2013, 02:41 »
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its interesting to see what you guys have come up with, its quite a while since I made any panoramas.
I used photomerge as a plugin in elements.
Worked fine with most files.
It proved to be important to work manually to get the same exposure on all the photos and to not choose a scene where light was too different in either side.
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/88729/88729,1277043221,1/stock-photo-hdr-panorama-of-medieval-town-and-harbor-in-denmark-55563907.jpg
http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/88729/88729,1273421957,1/stock-photo-tree-against-the-sunset-boegestroemmen-denmark-52684495.jpg

« Reply #56 on: February 19, 2013, 03:44 »
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Thanks for the examples, I went to the cathedral while visiting the real old family haunts at Hever Castle.

I wish i had pano head while I was there

I am thinking purchases one, can you show some examples?
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Here we go:

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=121562329
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=124953440
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« Reply #57 on: February 19, 2013, 06:16 »
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I suspect it's my computer and possibly install error or that I tried starting with a 46 image panorama taken with the 40D, all full size and it croaked.  ;D I have uninstalled and will re-install and try again when I have some time to that. I like autopano pro so much, even if it's a few year old version, that using ICE would only be just to watch it work. Whatever it is, I'm fairly sure the problem is my creation.

That reminds me, here's how I made panoramas before digital.  :-[ I wish I could find the negatives for this bridge construction site.


Under another bridge?

I tried ICE with some of mine and it just says 0% and nothing happens. Probably my old XP computer with 2GB memory, or the files are too big. Uninstalled, and I'll try again fresh tomorrow. I thought it worked a year or two ago. Odd.

I use it in my WinXP, 3.2GB memory PC with very full HD. Is that an installation error?



I would upload this one to FAA, not joking :)

« Reply #58 on: February 19, 2013, 15:21 »
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If you use a short telephoto lens you can hammer out panos without using a tripod. The speed you can shoot at is particularly helpful with foreground motion and the distance makes parallax caused by three or four inches of movement between shots completely irrelevant.


right, using vertical at medium distance, it just takes some practise to keep the images aligned.  i use PS elements - the panorama maker there has gotten muich better over the years.  it also allows cylindrical & spherical which can be useful for buildings

http://www.pix-now.com/Panorama

RacePhoto

« Reply #59 on: February 20, 2013, 01:33 »
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Race, you should have used a 6x17 camera with a 70mm Schneider Super-Angulon and all your film stitching problems could have been solved for less than $10,000  ;D

What are we all fancy pansy now, a scissors and scotch tape isn't good enough? LOL

What's funny is there's one up on Alamy taken with a G6, but stitched eight images, 3 rows x 5. (then cropped) It's sharp enough and was large enough for their old 48MP minimum.

I'm still all about fun and enjoying making photos. Today 3D, tomorrow maybe a panorama, in March, things exploding or breaking, taken with high speed strobes. Then in April a time lapse. I have a head strap for the GoPro now. There's no end to the variety and challenges.


 

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