Well I wouldn't do it unless you can't afford anything else. The
quality is very low on single shot solutions due the angular
resolution of the mirror, which is the limiting factor these days.
Cameras have decent resolution but small mirrors can't resolve that
so your images will be fuzzy and noisy.
A better solution is going to cost some money though. I have been
working on something like this and it costs something like
$6,000-16,000 to put together a decent rig with good resolution. To
shoot from a moving vehicle you need cameras that can shoot high ISO
so the shutter speed can be very high to reduce motion blur. A lot of
considerations in doing something like this. Good quality work costs
a certain amount of money. If you can get enough money for the
project to write off the costs of the rig and still make money then
that's the perfect situation.
On Jul 1, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Jan Martin wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> 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.
>
> What do you think?
> Is this worth 1100 USD?
>
> Alternatives (that are robust enough)?
>
> Thanks,
> Jan
>
> You will find 3 types of images:
> -d frame extracted from the video the camera takes: 500-700kb
> -p jpg pano made from doughnut: 450 kb
> -sm smaller pano made with 75% setting from jpeg: 90-110 kb
>
> Please use the picture numbers for you comments:
> 1,3,4,6,15,32.
>
Cheers
Robert Fisher
VR Photography / Cinematography
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