There were many problems. Mainly, they wanted a larger image than last year, and it was hard to do that :) and I probably didn't prepare for it quite as much...
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Hans
panoramicsdk
May 12, 2012 10:35 pm
... "At whopping 23-gigapixels, # Well maybe your original photos are that but presented size is 90.000x180.000 = 16,2 megapixel and that includes a white...
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luca vascon
officine_pan...
May 13, 2012 3:09 pm
... Erik is 300% true. If you try that trick you will end up buying BERLEBACH VINTEN CARTONI SACHTLER and no tube-telescopic-leg manfrotto, gitzo etc. You will...
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Erik Krause
ekrause2003
May 13, 2012 4:18 pm
... We once where out to shoot a lunar eclipse, I with my manfrotto and a freind with a Sachtler. We both had 1000mm lenses - I my russian mirror lens, he an...
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Ken Warner
kwarner000@...
May 13, 2012 4:48 pm
Well, the prices for their tripods would freeze anybody solid....:-)...
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mrjimbo
montana_jimbo
May 13, 2012 5:14 pm
Erik That is likely from your mirror being so light in weight possibly also.. I have Nikon's 600 f4 and 800 5.6 and shoot them off a Gitzo 401 with a...
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luca vascon
officine_pan...
May 13, 2012 8:39 pm
@Erik The shape of the leg (parallel tubes) and a well built construction, the spread Y on the ground to keep legs together, the shape itself of the "bowl"...
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Erik Krause
ekrause2003
May 13, 2012 9:05 pm
... I doubt that. It weights 2kg (ok, the Olympus lens is 4kg) but that should change the shaking frequency only, not the amplitude. And the Olympus lens is...
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Erik Krause
ekrause2003
May 13, 2012 9:08 pm
... Exactly that one. On an analog Olympus camera shooting slides. It was many years ago... -- Erik Krause http://www.erik-krause.de...
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mrjimbo
montana_jimbo
May 13, 2012 10:11 pm
Not sure I agree with you in this instance.. The glass lens is close to 9lbs.. So easily double the weight.. Also if the long lens is "properly"; balanced on...
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Erik Krause
ekrause2003
May 13, 2012 10:34 pm
... Since it is so long the camera is further away from the common balance point. Hence it has more pull. However, even if this is relevant it won't cause the...
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luca vascon
officine_pan...
May 14, 2012 6:25 am
... That 1000 f11 Oly is a piece of history I still use an OM4 as external exposure meter and as film camera. Its lenses on Canon are close to excellence. HEAD...
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prague
jefffreymartin
May 14, 2012 7:28 am
Hi hans, I was going to reply to your message, but it's not worth using the neurons in my brain. Anyway, you're right that it's a good thing you're not my...
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Will Pearson
wjspearson
May 14, 2012 8:32 am
Hans raises a valid point, if I were selling my images by the pixel I'd make sure they were true pixels and I'd be clear about how I calculated them. I'd be...
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Ben Knill
benknill
May 14, 2012 8:43 am
It's a real shame that the work Jeffrey does to further the industry get's this kind of reaction from a community who ultimately benefits. Whatever the issues,...
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Richard
rcg_53
May 14, 2012 3:11 pm
If I am shooting 8 shots around with 5 different exposures can I shoot as a series of different F stops and stitch them together, or do I have to shoot each...
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Sacha Griffin
sachagriffin
May 14, 2012 3:18 pm
Changing aperture will change the field of view, destroying any hope for creating an hdr image with simple methods. So you bracket your shutter speed, or in...
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Richard C Gillespie
rcg_53
May 14, 2012 3:26 pm
I'm sorry I meant 8 shots around at a constant f8 shooting at different shutter speeds. Can I shoot as a series of the same shutter speed or do I shoot a...
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Sacha Griffin
sachagriffin
May 14, 2012 3:43 pm
“shoot as a series of the same shutter speed” in regards to trying to build an HDR is a statement that destroys my comprehension of what you’re asking...
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Richard C Gillespie
rcg_53
May 14, 2012 7:25 pm
I am shooting a 360x180 HDR panorama 8 stops around @f8 with 5 different shutter speeds. My question is when I shoot the panorama can I shoot it the eight...
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Bruno Postle
brunopostle
May 14, 2012 7:30 pm
... You can do either, but you will get better results by bracketing each shot, then turning and bracketing the next shot etc... Shooting multiple panoramas...
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Sacha Griffin
sachagriffin
May 14, 2012 7:33 pm
OK that makes sense. No you shoot each position at 5 different shutter speeds before moving on to the next one. Just imagine the process in your mind. If you...
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prague
jefffreymartin
May 14, 2012 7:50 pm
Hi Will, the full image size was 340,000 pixels wide. no matter how you might want to count it, it was MORE than the 25 gigapixels stated. i made the final...
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jrgen_schrader
May 14, 2012 7:53 pm
I agree with Hans and Will, these points are valid. Especially when photographer and customer are claiming in public they have created a whatsoever "record". ...
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luca vascon
officine_pan...
May 15, 2012 4:19 pm
I'm perfectly aware of Madoka 360, but I feel the circular fish to be of quite zero interest panoramicwise. A cropped circular, instead, is perfect. I mean 7.5...
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Ken Warner
kwarner000@...
May 15, 2012 4:21 pm
Yup!...
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sachinpate007
May 16, 2012 6:24 pm
Hello, I am displaying virtual tour prepared in swf by Pano2Vr on my website. The first SWF gets opened correctly but when I click on hotspots on map then...
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Bostjan Burger
si_lander
May 16, 2012 6:52 pm
Hi everybody… I don't want to bother you with new pano challenges but this one (the story) might be at least fun… please don't look the pano from the...
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John Riley
jugstopper777
May 16, 2012 7:24 pm
Did you shake his hand afterwards? I think it came out nicely, even if you were acting on instinct only - good instincts! At least you did make a corny "Pizza...
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Bostjan Burger
si_lander
May 16, 2012 7:38 pm
Sure I did. He is a great person and what I found today when I accompany him (from a distance ofcourse) also extremely good obsever and curious. If there...
