RE: Strip assembly panoramas with a digital slr -- for stereo etc

 

)-----Original Message-----
)From: Roger D. Williams
)Sent: Monday, 28 July 2008 12:05
)
)> )> .. it is good for scene contrast as you can put a custom
)> )lens hood on
)> )> the lens to give a narrow strip view of the scene ... and hence is
)> )> good for hdr panoramas too.
)> )
)> )Aha! That's another good point in its favor. Although don't
)> )you need to shave OFF the hood to get the 180-degree FOV? Oh,
)> )I see, a "custome"
)> )lens hood. Hmmm. Shave only two of the four petals?
)>
)> If I recall correctly, you still get 180 degrees FOV across
)the diagonal
)> without shaving the hood. As you are only using about 3
)degrees of ea.
)> image, you could mount the camera with a roll, such that the
)diagonal  
)> across
)> the frame is aligned vertically.
)
)Yes, that's an excellent point. Of course it still assumes a full-frame
)image. The expense involved in that purchase is quite a consideration.
)

I thought the 180deg diagonal was with the smaller sensor size?

Btw: there used to be a program called snapdv that was able to make
panoramas from a camcorder. You would pan slowly around and I believe the
program would take slivers out of each of the frames of the avi to create
the panorama.  

Cheers,
Darren.