On 8/21/2012 2:41 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Walt Gilbert
On 8/21/2012 3:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Aug 20, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote:
What would be the best, most affordable option -- best bang for the
lowest buck -- for the wider landscapes? All I really care about is
the focal length and IQ -- everything else is mere window dressing
as far as I'm concerned. I'm essentially looking for something very
common and highly regarded.
It seems to me that the least expensive way to get wide angles and
high image quality is to stitch multiple exposures together in a
panorama.
Put the 50mm prime on your camera, mount it on the tripod in
vertical orientation and when you take a bunch of photos and stitch
them together, you even get higher resolution than you would with a
wide angle lens. If you want to go all out, you calculate the nodal
point, bend some steel into a 90 degree bracket, drill a hole at the
nodal point, buy a 1/4-20 nut and you are golden.
Mount it on the K100, and you get landscapes with the colors of the
K100 sensor, the field of view of a wide angle, and better
resolution than the K-5.
--
Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est
I've thought about trying my hand at stitching in the past. I may well
give it a whirl at some point on this trip. Is there any particular pano
stitching software you recommend?
There's a freeware program called Hugin that's supposed to be really
good.
http://hugin.sourceforge.net/
Thanks, John!
Steve H. recommended the same software, so I figure it's got to be worth
a try.
-- Walt
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