On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 03:01 PM,
Santiago Ribas <email@hidden> wrote:
I am discovering so many problems to solve fisheye based cubics that I
question myself if it wasn't better to start using multirow stitching
with RealViz, and my 17-35mm Nikon rectilinear lens (26-50 in D1).
A lot depends on what you typically shoot of course. If it
is empty rooms and scenes then multi-row stitching may
be easier, if only because you could pretty much automate
the stitching process.
For me however, I like to include people in my shots whenever
I possibly can - in which case for cubics you are pretty much
limited to fisheyes.
A few years back I standardized on a 16mm full-frame fisheye.
It can cover a whole scene, minus the tripod cap, with 7 shots:
6x portrait around and 1 pointing up for the cap. This setup
has served me well for years and well over a hundred high-quality
panoramas.
Stitching the src images isn't too time consuming. What often
does take *forever* is getting the colour balance right in PShop,
especially in mixed light!
I tried the 8mm circular fisheyes back in 1997, but gave up as
I had a lot of problems with resolution and flare. Our friends at
IPOX (still!) breathing down our necks didn't help either.
Most of them are displayed low-rez using Helmut D's java
PTViewer. However I have also included a few v.high rez
broadband versions with embedded, stereo sound.
Regds,
Andrew Nemeth
Blue Mountains Australia
<http://nemeng.com>
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