On Wed 01-Jul-2009 at 20:11 +0200, Jan Martin wrote:
>
>What compact cameras can take (or has) fisheye lens?
>And for just 250 USD per camera and lens together?
Probably three or four GoPro Wide cameras could take a full 360
panorama:
http://www.goprocamera.com/index.php?area=2&productid=4I'm sure someone is doing this already.
>And I don't get the "sequence the shots so that the back camera moves
>forward to the front camera's old position before the shot." idea.
If the car is moving, the back of the car is soon at the same
location as the front.
>Could one really get 360 degree panos in a 100% automated way using 4
>cameras?
>No manual stitching or correction or entering of points for matching!
>Free Open Source software only.
Yes you can template and script it with the hugin toolset or the
libpano13 toolset:
http://wiki.panotools.org/Panorama_scripting_in_a_nutshell--
Bruno
>On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Ken Warner <
kwarner000@...> wrote:
>
>> You could do the same thing with a compact camera and a cheap
>> fisheye pointed straight up -- if you have a low car. And if
>> you don't, you could put one on the front and one on the back and
>> sequence the shots so that the back camera moves forward to the
>> front camera's old position before the shot.
>> Jan Martin wrote:
>> > I am in the process of purchasing a 360 degree one-shot camera.
>> > May I ask for your input?
>> >
>> > Please find a few examples (raw doughnuts and processed panoramas) at:
>> >
>> >
http://mybestprojects.com/examples>> >
>> > I'd like to do a kind of Google streetview website and therefore need to
>> > take a panos every 1 second.
>> > From rooftop of a moving car, motorbike, bicycle or on foot.
