cptpicard wrote:I'm thinking about buying the Canon EOS 40D which comes with a 17-85mm lens. This will replace my very old Fujifilm FinePix 6900Z which I'm getting very frustrated with lately, simply because I have to take roughly 170 photos just to get a complete 360X180 panoramic. I have so many problems doing it this way it's unbelievable plus it only has a 16Mb SM card so I find myself uploading about 60 photos to my computers before I start the next layer...
I like this camera (EOS 40D) and have read some really good reviews, but, do you think it's a good choice for creating 360X180 panoramas?
Also, I'd like to produce these 360X180 panoramas with fewer photos taken. I read somewhere you can have fisheye lens and take them in only 2 - 3 photos?? Would that lose out on quality compared to how I'm currently doing it?
Anyway, is this camera good in your opinion or would I be better off purchasing something else? And what lenses should I buy to make my life a lot easier doing these panoramas
Appreciate any help for a complete newbie with tons of enthusiasm!!
Cpt
cptpicard wrote:I'm thinking about buying the Canon EOS 40D which comes with a 17-85mm lens. This will replace my very old Fujifilm FinePix 6900Z which I'm getting very frustrated with lately, simply because I have to take roughly 170 photos just to get a complete 360X180 panoramic. I have so many problems doing it this way it's unbelievable plus it only has a 16Mb SM card so I find myself uploading about 60 photos to my computers before I start the next layer...
I like this camera (EOS 40D) and have read some really good reviews, but, do you think it's a good choice for creating 360X180 panoramas?
Also, I'd like to produce these 360X180 panoramas with fewer photos taken. I read somewhere you can have fisheye lens and take them in only 2 - 3 photos?? Would that lose out on quality compared to how I'm currently doing it?
Anyway, is this camera good in your opinion or would I be better off purchasing something else? And what lenses should I buy to make my life a lot easier doing these panoramas
Appreciate any help for a complete newbie with tons of enthusiasm!!
Cpt
cptpicard wrote:I'm thinking about buying the Canon EOS 40D which comes with a 17-85mm lens.
digipano wrote:Canon 40D with canon 10-20 efs lens will get you a 360 pano in 12+Z+N (14) shots far less work & amazing quality even at high ISO.
digipano wrote:19% overlap is surely good enough in most cases, there are times when people have stitched images just with 5-10% overlap with PTGui.
digipano wrote:I shoot as follows:
-30(camera pointed down) 6 shots at 60° (sometimes I do -15° when I don't need nadir)
+30(camera pointed up) 6 shots at 60°
1 shot zenith
1 shot nadir (total 3 nadir shots for patching)
Suggestions/recommendation for Canon EFS 10-20mm wide angle lens are :
1. Min. shots: N, 6 images every 60° at -30° pitch, 6 images every 60° at +30°, Z. Output resolution: 11600 x 5800 pixels - Canon 20D (8mpx)
2. Recommended: N, 4 images every 90° at -60° pitch, 8 images every 45° at 0° pitch, 4 images every 90° at +60° pitch, no zenith image required
3. Alternative: N, 8 images every 45° at -30° pitch, 8 images every 45° at +30° pitch, Z
These 3 suggestions are bcoz different software will have different overlap requirements & the test for any software would be to stitch a low contrast scene with less details & minimum shots from a particular lens.
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