These days I usually set that camera to pan in the direction of right to left, with the camera held portrait.
On 21 November 2011 21:16, JohnPW <[email protected]> wrote: > That's interesting. It looks like it uses the camera's orientations > sensor to select the angle of the strip of image it captures. As you > turn the camera the strips stay vertical to the finished panorama. Did > you sweep from right to left? > It would be interesting to hack the software (but don't expect me > to! :-) > > On Nov 21, 1:48 am, Ian Tindale <[email protected]> wrote: > > Try this one, and its neighbouring pictures, where I intentionally > twisted > > the camera around the roll axis as I swept it across an arc: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/iantindale/6066091512/in/photostream/ > > > > On 21 November 2011 07:28, JohnPW <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That's pretty fun. > > > Notice how it tried to resolve the parallax problems. It locked onto > > > the front surface of the the building pretty well, but had a hard time > > > with distant objects "enclosed" by the building. The objects seen > > > through the open door and objects reflected in the window glass appear > > > partial and repeated rather than being sewn together. > > > You can also see the width of the images it collects to make the > > > panorama. They're pretty narrow. > > > > > On Nov 18, 1:21 am, Ian Tindale <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > As an experiment, I shot this by abusing the Sony Sweep Panorama > feature: > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/iantindale/6241529419/—I held the camera > > > > level and simply walked along in a straight line, pointing the camera > > > > sideways, starting at one end of that room and ending at the other > end. > > > > Obviously I must’ve veered slightly towards it by the time I got to > the > > > > end, but it was only a quickie test to see if the technique could be > > > > applied to shooting panomurals (as I’ve termed them). > > > > > > On 18 November 2011 06:34, kfj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 18 Nov., 00:13, JohnPW <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Nov 17, 4:13 pm, kfj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > This is why we now try and coerce 2D hardware to do a 1D job. > > > > > > > > I actually think using a 2D camera might be superior in many > ways. > > > > > > Besides ready availability of interchangeable equipment, it > would > > > > > > also be more forgiving of camera movement while also allowing > you to > > > > > > readily remove moving object artifacts. > > > > > > > That's a point (or two, rather ;-) > > > > > > > And maybe trying to do stay 1D and even 2D is too limiting anyway - > > > > > eventually, we'll embrace 3D scene reconstruction, and for that > > > > > purpose parallax becomes an asset. > > > > > > > Kay > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups > > > > > "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > > > > > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > > > > >http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ > > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx > > > > > > -- > > > > *Ian Tindale* > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > > > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > > >http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx > > > > -- > > *Ian Tindale* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx > -- *Ian Tindale* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
