Canon releases new professional lenses – British Journal of Photography.

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Here’s a 360 x 180 full spherical panorama taken with the GigaPan Epic Pro and a Canon 7D using a Canon 15-85mm lens.

Note: This is quite a large image at 10,000 x 5,000 pixels…

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Here’s a quick video we made of the new Arca Swiss Clamp for the GigaPan Epic Pro:

GigaPan Epic Pro Arca Swiss Clamp from 360 Tactical VR on Vimeo.

It’s a great add-on for anyone using the Epic Pro who has an Arca Swiss system. Perfect for the Nodal Ninja Arca Swiss Plate!

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360 Tactical VR are pleased to announce that we will have a presence at Photokina 2010 – the world’s leading fair for photography and imaging which will be held in Cologne Germany Sept 21st to Sept 26th.

We’ll be located at both the IVRPA booth (International VR Photography Association) and the Kolor booth (developers of Autopano stitching software).

Discounts will be offered on select products so if you are considering a purchase this would be a great time to buy. We would encourage anyone considering attending this great venue to stop by and meet us, learn more about our products, get some hands on use and even attend some planned tutorials.

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Here’s a panorama taken with the Canon 7D using a Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens. The panoramic head used was a Nodal Ninja 5 w/R-D16 Rotator. You can download the source images along with a PTGUI Project file here: http://bit.ly/b032mB

Note: Scene shot 8 x around at -30°, 8 x around at +30, 1 x zenith at +90°, 1 x nadir at -90°. This is quite a large image at 14,000 x 7,000 pixels…

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Here’s another GigaPan of the Grand Canyon, taken from a view further west along the South Rim from the Grand Canyon village:

Again, kit used was the Canon 7D with a 15-85mm lens and the GigaPan Epic Pro.

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Here’s a first GigaPan taken at the Grand Canyon using the GigaPan Epic Pro 100:
Taken using a Canon 7D with the Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens. Not the best of lenses for this location but it was all I had with me!

Here’s a video of the unit in action at this location:

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We’re finally here at the Tucson 2010 International Panoramic Conference. Plenty to cover over the next few days including some exciting new products being announced today by Nodal Ninja. I’ve already seen them and I have to say, they look great! You can follow the product launch via this blog or from my Twitter account @360TVR.

Looking at the amount of panoramic hardware and general photographic kit being carried around by the attendees here I think this is going to be the most photographed hotel in America!

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I’m getting ready to set off for Tucson 2010 next week. It’s going to be a very interesting few days at the conference, some really good speakers and I’m hoping to learn about a lot of panoramic techniques I’d like to know more about, such as HDR and focus blending.

I am going to be there helping out the guys at Nodal Ninja, so if you’re going to the event I look forward to seeing you!

Here’s the kit I’ll have with me:

• Canon 7D
• Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM
• Samyang 8mm f/3.5
• Nodal Ninja 5 w/R-D16
• Giga T Pro Remote
• Manfrotto 190CXPro4 Tripod

Plus, I’ll have something a little special to demonstrate (stay tuned!…).

I’ll of course be taking as many panoramas as I can which I’ll post on this blog and I’ll also be uploading some videos of the conference. So follow this blog to get the latest conference updates as they happen!

You can also follow along via my Tweets on Twitter @360TVR

See you at Tucson 2010!

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Here’s another panorama taken with the Pentax Kx using a Samyang 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens. The panoramic head used this time is a Nodal Ninja Ultimate R1 with a Samyang 8mm Lens Ring:

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:

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