One, each panorama will rotate to a new viewpoint/zoom after around 8
seconds, but only if you haven’t started interacting (i.e. clicking
and dragging). This is to help people new to panoramas to understand
that (a) these aren’t simple photos, and (b) they also aren’t videos;
a constant auto-rotate can lead to this misunderstanding.
At least, that’s the intention. Feedback would be appreciated!
And two, check out the Little Planet button. This zooms the visitor
to a rather unusual viewpoint, one that’s sometimes curiously
appropriate for such an intense festival…
I’m a fan of your panoramas and these are some of the best. They look very good full screen (iMac G5). The navigation is easy; Little Planet view is interesting.
An optional directional/ambient soundtrack (similar to one of your previous works) would add to the stage panos.
when the mouse rolls over the ‘panorama photographer.com’ logo on the top left. the logo disapears, and a click here hand appears instead of the mouse pointer. But if you click the logo nothing happens.
Sometime around 5/2/09 (at 00:33 -0500) LLE Freeway said:
Great panoramas. Now if you could just tie it in with some giga pixel zooming.
Yeah, it would be fun. Part of the difficulty with that is that my
full-size stitched images are only (!) 72 megapixels. To achieve true
gigapixel panoramas I’d need to shoot multi-row sets with at least a
short telephoto lens. And the problem with that is it can take a fair
few minutes to do this sort of thing. In a festival environment
that’s hardly ‘capturing the moment’!
One day I’ll move up to a Canon 5D Mk II or whatever Nikon equivalent
there might be at that time. I’d love to shoot with a very high
megapixel full-frame-sensor camera and a 15/16mm fisheye; I’d produce
stitched output in the 120 megapixel range.
You should look at renting a D3x. 24.5 Mp and a clear ISO range from
100 to 6400, much higher than that if you’re a fan of (fairly grain-
like) noise. I don’t know about UK, but over here in the colonies,
there are companies that will rent you high-end pro gear over the
intertubes. They FedEx the thing to and from you, and charge you ~
$100/ day (rather than $6,000 to own the thing).
Walter
On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:32 AM, Keith Martin wrote:
I’d love to shoot with a very high megapixel full-frame-sensor
camera and a 15/16mm fisheye; I’d produce stitched output in the 120
megapixel range.
Sometime around 5/2/09 (at 09:27 -0500) Walter Lee Davis said:
You should look at renting a D3x.
(Keith makes Homer-like noises of appreciation…)
Yes, that is actually my kind of camera porn. When I said ‘whatever
Nikon equivalent’ I was also thinking about cost. The D3x is well
over twice the cost of the 5D MkII - dammit. Because that’s the one I really want. Really, really want.
By the way, I’ve gotten some seriously large stitched files out of my
Kodak DCS Pro/n. That’s only 12Mp full frame, but I stitched together
a 120° pano of her room that was about 150MB, if I recall correctly.
That was done with 3 or 4 hand-held shots from my Nikkor 18mm
rectilinear lens, just to try out the latest Photoshop. It did a
pretty remarkable job of stitching these fairly random shots together,
but nothing at all like what you do with your fisheye and dedicated
software.
Because that’s the one I really want. Really, really want.
Me, too. But now the Bank of England has decimated my savings, and
Canon has decided to add 10% to the cost in the UK, it’s going to be
some time yet before I can afford one.
Sometime around 5/2/09 (at 17:15 +0000) Heather Kavanagh said:
But now the Bank of England has decimated my
savings, and Canon has decided to add 10% to the
cost in the UK
Heh. It wouldn’t be quite so insane if I really
wanted that £2200 Canon 5D MkII. What I’m having
impure thoughts about is Nikon’s £5,400 D3x.
Someone throw cold water over me quick…
Yes, that is actually my kind of camera porn. When I said ‘whatever
Nikon equivalent’ I was also thinking about cost. The D3x is well
over twice the cost of the 5D MkII - dammit. Because that’s the one
I really want. Really, really want.
Already got a 12.1MP dSLR, and one with noise handling and dynamic
range that can give even the D700 a run for its money. (Fuji S5Pro,
essentially a D200 with Fuji’s best sensor and firmware.)
Already got a 12.1MP dSLR, and one with noise handling and dynamic
range that can give even the D700 a run for its money. (Fuji S5Pro,
essentially a D200 with Fuji’s best sensor and firmware.)
I don’t mean to start an off-topic discussion about this but, are you
sure? The D700 is surely more up-to-date than your Fuji, and has had
massive encomia in the photographic press, with most people saying
it’s a cheaper D3?
I would go for the D5 Mk11, full frame chip, it would make life easier that using a smaller chip camera… IMHO
I switched from Nikon to Canon a couple of years ago when Nikon was so far behind. Nikon have caught up now at long last, but having had a play around with the latest nikons I still prefer the Canon System.
I problem with the Nikon System the have two sets of lenses on the pro system. One for the Small Chip Cameras and one for the Large Chip Cameras.
I never understood why Nikon went down this route from the start and I know a number of pro photographers who have stuck with Nikon who have had to buy a second set of lenses for the latest cameras when up grading.
Personally I would go for the Canon. I like the system much better.
Sometime around 7/2/09 (at 08:24 -0500) Snapper said:
I would go for the D5 Mk11, full frame chip, it would make life
easier that using a smaller chip camera
Oh, I’m absolutely in agreement about full-frame sensors. The D3x
uses a full-frame sensor (as does the D3 and D700), which is part of
what makes it so interesting to me. The D3x is reckoned by some
serious players to be better than the 5D MkII - although for the
price difference it had better be!
I switched from Nikon to Canon a couple of years ago when Nikon was
so far behind. Nikon have caught up now at long last, but having had
a play around with the latest nikons I still prefer the Canon System.
Most of the Nikon/Canon preferences that people have are personal
subjective things or are driven by a logical reluctance to re-buy
whole sets of lenses. Nothing wrong with that of course! We just have
to remember that much of what we like or don’t like is often
particular to us.
Having said that, there is one point that I feel is somewhat more
objective, although it isn’t a major one. I actually find the grip
design of Canon’s dSLR range to be less comfortable than Nikon’s.
They suit small hands best; I have fairly normal sized hands, but I
find it a little cramped and potentially cramping when held for
extended periods.
A year or so ago I even did a ‘blind hands-on’ survey about this when
I was writing a head-to-head feature for a couple of comparable Nikon
and Canon dSLRs, and the results were unanimous in favour of the
Nikon grip except for people with particularly small hands.
(BTW, if I did get a full-frame sensor Nikon I’d shave the hood from
my 10.5mm DX lens and use it to capture complete panoramas with just
three or four shots. The DX-sensing mode of these cameras can be
disabled, and this particular combination is a proven winner.
I problem with the Nikon System the have two sets of lenses on the
pro system. One for the Small Chip Cameras and one for the Large
Chip Cameras.
Canon have the same. The EF-S system is designed for the smaller
sensors (450, 20, 40, etc), and can’t be used on the “pro” versions.
The EF system, however, can be used on both systems, but on the
smaller sensor cameras incurs a 1.6x enlargement factor - which can be
quite handy sometimes.
Nice work btw.