Scene shot 4 x around at 0° plus 1 x zenith and nadir added using PTGUI Viewpoint Correction
You can download the original source images from the camera, along with a PTGUI project file used to stitch the scene here. The final panorama was taken into Photoshop for a spot of levels and curves adjustment.
Here are the shots of the setup in use:
Samyang 8mm w/NN R1
Reverse view showing optional rotator handle and leveller
If you haven’t already done so now is the time to register for the upcoming International Panoramic Photography Conference: http://tucson2010.doattend.com/
We are pleased to announce 360 Tactical VR will be attending “Tucson 2010″ – The International Panoramic Photography Conference.
It will be held in Tucson, Arizona, April 14-18, 2010, presented jointly by the IVRPA and the IAPP (International VR Photography Association and International Association of Panoramic Photographers).
The orgnisers hope to make this the best and biggest conference ever, bringing together everyone interested in any form of panoramic photography.
There will be a day of tutorials, lots of talks, in-depth technical sessions, vendors, field trips, two wine and beer receptions, a banquet, a panoramic print show, meetings with video links for international members, lots of opportunities to meet each other. The organisers have managed to keep the cost low (only $250) and arranged an amazing deal on hotel rooms (luxury for $75 a night, single or double).
It will be spring in the desert, and all your rowdy friends will be there. Plan now to attend Tucson 2010!
Samyang company has informed that new lenses: Samyang 8 mm f/3.5 fish-eye and Samyang 85 mm f/1.4 with a mount for Olympus 4/3, have been released to the market. The lenses complete the series of mounts designed for Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax.
Samyang 8mm fish-eye and 85mm f/1.4 lenses designed for Olympus 4/3 system.
Apart from adjusted bayonet, optics in the products will remain the same. Both lenses will be available with manual focusing. Both lenses will become available at the end of March 2010.
In the latest builder of Tourweaver 4.00, the following problem is fixed:
Builder version 4.00.090911
[-] Under Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) system, virtual tour components don’t show up.
How to update my Tourweaver and virtual tours?
If you have installed Tourweaver 4.00.090710 version, simply dowload the following virtual tour player and replace the one in your installation directory “..\Easypano\Tourweaver 4.00 Professional(or Standard) Edition\resource\twviewer.swf”
For existing virtual tours published with Tourweaver 4.00 (Professional and Standard edition), there is no need to publish them with Touweaver again. Just find virtual tour player file – twviewer.swf in each tour folder, and replace it with the above corresponding player.
Last weekend I visited Cologne to attend the 3rd AutoPano meeting. It was a great weekend hosted by Kolor and I think everyone who attended got a lot of useful information from the event. My thanks go to Alexandre, Lionel and the rest of the Kolor team for a great event. AutoPano Pro and Gig are great software products and it’s good to see the company behind the programs!
Equipment Used: Nikon D300/Sunex 5.6 Fisheye/AutoPano Giga/AutoPano Tour
Here’s our first GigaPan taken today using our Epic 100 Unit.
A quick test image taken with a Nikon D60 and a Nikkor 50mm f/2.8. Shot in RAW and converted to tiff 16bit. We’ll post more details about how we are getting on with operating the unit and what our general workflow is over the coming days.
Here’s another image – this time taken to include more of the scene. There’s an issue with stitching on the tower. I hope to test AutoPano Giga to see how this performs.
Here at 360 Tactical VR we are looking forward to testing out our all new GigaPan EPIC 100 unt that arrived today! Looks like a great unit and we’ll be testing it with a Nikon D60, Nikon P6000 and if it will support it – a Nikon D300…
