Kev Pugh
Well-Known Member
One thing I enjoy is going out and shootiing Panos.
I use a relatively inexpensive Panosaurus Head and my Nikon 10.5 f2.8 Fisheye.
This kit allows full 360 degree rotation and nodal point adjustments, Once a suitable location and vantage point has been identified everything is set to manual, usually an aperture of f11 and a mid distance focal point sn remote firing, I take 8 shots, thats 6 on one rotation which allows approximately a 40% overlap which gives a better chance of a good stitch. The other two shots are 1 Vertical, the Zenith, and one straight down, the Nadir, then a little editing and stitching - I use PS and PTGUI but there are other programs available, the results is something similar to this.
This 360 was shot using a homemade pano head and is only a single plane 360 but when viewed in Quicktime is interactive allowing the viewer to scroll around the location and zoom in and out.
Best seen in Quicktime, I'm looking at setting a page aside on my website to view as it's not a true video and cannot be displayed on RPF.
The flats do have an interesting look though
An interior view of one of the several bars in the Oceana night club in Birmingham
It is often a good idea to bracket each shot (- = +) especially where the dynamic range is wide.
I use a relatively inexpensive Panosaurus Head and my Nikon 10.5 f2.8 Fisheye.
This kit allows full 360 degree rotation and nodal point adjustments, Once a suitable location and vantage point has been identified everything is set to manual, usually an aperture of f11 and a mid distance focal point sn remote firing, I take 8 shots, thats 6 on one rotation which allows approximately a 40% overlap which gives a better chance of a good stitch. The other two shots are 1 Vertical, the Zenith, and one straight down, the Nadir, then a little editing and stitching - I use PS and PTGUI but there are other programs available, the results is something similar to this.
This 360 was shot using a homemade pano head and is only a single plane 360 but when viewed in Quicktime is interactive allowing the viewer to scroll around the location and zoom in and out.
Best seen in Quicktime, I'm looking at setting a page aside on my website to view as it's not a true video and cannot be displayed on RPF.
The flats do have an interesting look though
An interior view of one of the several bars in the Oceana night club in Birmingham
It is often a good idea to bracket each shot (- = +) especially where the dynamic range is wide.
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