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360 degree environments, equipment, software, etc
N. Scott Trimble, Photographer
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Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Posted: 7:20 PM on 11.30.09 |
->> Does anyone do 360 degree projects? I haven't done one since I had a 180 fisheye and software from iPix in 2000, and wondered how its done and with what these days? I have a client who wants some architecture done with it and need to know what I need for my Canon/Mac equipment!
Thanks!
Scott |
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David Richard, Photographer
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Cleveland | OH | USA | Posted: 7:32 PM on 11.30.09 |
->> Scott,
I create a decent amount of these VR 360 panoramas.
You basically need a wide lens, a tripod and a panoramic tripod head(like Nodal Ninja) and stitching software.
Here is a good place to start:
http://wiki.panotools.org/Main_Page
You can view some of my work of MLB stadiums at the New York Yankees web site and the web sites of the Mets, Nationals and Braves to name a few.
Good luck! |
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Andrew Kornylak, Photographer
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Atlanta | GA | USA | Posted: 9:17 PM on 11.30.09 |
->> Scott - I recently did a few 360 Quicktime VRs for Geographic Channels. See my blog here for some details http://theblindmonkey.com/2009/03/prison-pano.html
I used a Sigma 8mm fisheye for a full-frame DSLR (the Nikon D3), on a Manfrotto 303PLUS tripod head. The software did the rest, and there is a lot of good QTVR software out there, like this http://www.ptgui.com/
When you do the cloning to remove the tripod legs (or whatever else), you can just save the pano as a flattened image, do the photoshopping, then import it back into a pano. |
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Chris Pietsch, Photographer
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Eugene | OR | USA | Posted: 1:41 AM on 12.01.09 |
->> I have several panoramas up on my Register-Guard blog. A few specific examples here http://tinyurl.com/ycgsnxx and http://sx61k.tk
My system is an 8mm for full 360x180 panos. PTqui for stitching and Flash Panorama Player for display. I've avoided a pano head so far by improvising with a super clamp, bubble level, magic arm and a monopod.
There are a bunch of links on the right side of my blog page to info and software http://tinyurl.com/yc98hrz
Chris |
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Erik Markov, Photographer
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anywhere | IN | | Posted: 12:28 PM on 08.10.10 |
| ->> I'm thinking about doing some full panos but I've got some questions about lenses. I've got a nikon 12-24 dx lens I'm thinking about trading in since I don't use it at all since upgrading to d700 from the d70. I was considering possibly the nikon 16mm fisheye or Sigma 15mm because the fisheye look would come in handy for other things I shoot. Would I be able to use a rectangular image fisheye to shoot a 360x180 pano? I know it might take a few more images to complete it in comparison to a circular fisheye but I'm ok with that if the look will be virtually the same. I looked thru that wiki along with pgtui's site but didn't see anything that definitively said one lens had benefits over another. |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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Todd Bennett, Photographer
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Morrisville | NC | USA | Posted: 1:21 PM on 08.10.10 |
->> Erik, the 15mm or 16mm will work fine for 360's.
Like you said, you'll just have to do a few more pictures, probably 7 or 8 total. You will actually get a little better resolution the more pictures you take. The only difficult part will be if there is movement while you're shooting.
Feel free to email me if you have any questions.
Todd |
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David Welker, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Springfield | MO | USA | Posted: 2:41 PM on 08.10.10 |
->> then there is always the expensive route:
http://www.gigapansystems.com/
Pick whatever system you want, then you need a system and display software and your good.
Ive used it for flat 360's Its fun to play with. |
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Peter Huoppi, Photographer
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New London | CT | USA | Posted: 6:08 PM on 08.10.10 |
->> We use the Nikon 16mm fisheye on a D3. 6 pictures around, one up and one down. I don't have a D3 in my kit at the moment, so I've been using at D2H with a 14mm. That combo requires around 26 pictures.
See the panoramas here: http://www.theday.com/panoramas
For a tutorial, Zach Wise has a great one here: http://digitalartwork.net/2008/01/31/introduction-to-panoramas/
We use the same workflow he describes: PTGUI to stitch and Flash Panorama Player to display. |
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