Good advice and remember not to use a polarizer. Kenneth Waller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Maris V. Lidaka Sr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: How do you guys do panoramas anyway? > Tripod highly, highly recommended, though you can do without. A beanbag > on > a rock, fence-post or car door can suffice. A level is recommended - but > you can pick up a small one at your local hardware store at < $5.00 I'm > sure. Number of pictures depends on your lens, of course, Overlap > 1/5-1/4 > of the image. > > Most important - find your exposure settings, then set them MANUALLY - as > you pan, auto-exposure may vary and you don't want that. You want > identical > exposure frame-to-frame. Hustle if the light is quickly changing (say > dawn > or dusk). > > Maris > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> So how do you guys do panoramas anyway? Up until now I have not been >> tempted, but the other day I came across a scene that would have >> worked well. >> >> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/field2.htm >> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/field1.htm >> >> Tripod always, right? Is a level needed? >> >> How do you make sure that you remain on the same plane (get the >> horizon on the same plane)? >> >> If you were going to shoot a 180 degree shot, how many pictures do >> you think it would take? How much do you try to overlap? >> >> I am totally clueless on this one. >> >> TIA, Marnie aka Doe :-) If I don't have to invest in a lot of >> additional equipment, maybe I will try one someday. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
