Kevin
How doesthe Panoscan ensure that it takes a view of the floor and ceiling
for creating cubics? I see on their website that it takes 360 degrees round
but I would love to know about the top and bottoms that are needed for
cubics. Is there a special lens fitting?
Thanks Kevin
Tristan
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Your on 29/1/03 2:12 pm, Kevin Quinn at email@hidden wrote:
> Jan wrote:
>
>> I have a project that requires shooting the interiors of about 10 cars -
>> (cubic VR's). Seeing as I am more familiar with exterior and house type
>> VR work, I wonder if any of you who have done this would share their
>> experiences.
>
> Hi Jan
> I worked on all of the VR for Ford's website for model years 2001, 2002
> (interior and exterior)
> so you could say I have some experience.In fact our 2002 interiors were the
> first Cubics on a commercial automotive website.
>
>> Three issues that I am interested in are:
>>
>> 1. What sort of camera equipment/lenses do you use/recommend for
>> this type of work. I don't seem to be able to fix the exposure levels
>> with the Sony Cybershot camera that I have.
>
> You should get a hold of a Panoscan! You can rent them for a small job like
> this, but get one!
>
>>
>> 2. How did you mount the camera in the car. I am trying to work out
>> the best way of mounting the camera half way between the dash and front
>> seat backs. Did you use a mini tripod or build a custom base?
>
> When we shot cylyndrical panos, we had a custom built base that was located
> between the front seats, or sometime behind depending on the car. Another
> option is to drop it down through the sunroof if available.
>
> With the Panoscan we put it on a boom stand and put it through the driver side
> window.
>
>>
>> 3. How did you deal with lighting? I am experimenting which sheets
>> over the windows to reduce exterior glare. But am wondering if I need an
>> additional light source inside.
>
> You should also try and rent some bright professional studio flourescent
> lights and blast them through every window you can, also adding small interior
> ones for detail lighting where they can be hidden (under seats for wheel
> wells...)you might need some minus green gels to put over the windows to color
> correct the glass.
>
> Where are you located? I know a studio in Detroit you can rent with plenty of
> equipment.
>
>
> Kevin Quinn
> http://www.QuickTiming.org
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