Eric,
I hope that's the case too (not intended for full screen). Thanks for the
link to Hans Nyberg's site. I didn't know about the page that specifically
states the panos were done with the D60/Sigma 8mm. This is very good to
know.
Will
> Message: 3
> From: "Eric Gerds" <email@hidden>
> To: "qtvr list" <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Cubics with PTViewer (now 10D/Sigma Discussion)
> Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 03:05:08 -0400
>
> Will,
> yes - thank you for that link.
>
> http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/canon10dthumbs/canon10d.htm
>
> Well I remember looking at the very first pano on that page (a while back),
> expanding to full screen
> and thinking to myself - why so blurry? I realize now that it was probably
> not
> intended to be full screen (I think those panos are much SMALLER than the
> maximum
> quality of 6000 x 3000 panos with that setup).
> The reason why I thought they were blurry is because I had the following
> panos in mind
> at Hans Nyberg site:
>
> http://www.panoramas.dk/d60/
>
> The setup is similar at Han's site: 6 MP camera (D60) with 8mm Sigma. But I
> realize now that those panos
> are 6000 x 3000 pixels, so when I have at full screen those panos are
> reasonably sharp. Compare the
> panos from Karl and Hans, they have different quality. I suppose they also
> use a different HFOV
> in QuickTime viewer.
>
> A better guage of the Canon 10D + Sigma 8mm would be if Karl had created the
> 6000 x 3000 pixel version of
> any one of his panos posted, at a lower compression. It does not seem that
> he posted the maximum
> quality output from his setup (I hope).
>
> As you know, the Canon 10D is also ~ 6 MP. Of course, I suppose you could
> also consider the
> Canon EF 15mm fisheye for the same price as a Sigma 8mm (used with the 10D),
> except you would
> have to shoot 2 rows of 9 shots, and 1 or 2 shots at Zenith, 1 or 2 shots at
> Nadir. More
> work, but then you could get ~ 11,000 x 5500 pixel panos, downsampled to
> whatever for razor sharp
> stuff if you are not happy with the Sigma 8mm (alot more work, though).
> Supposedly the 15mm EF
> has very little light falloff, and is sharp out to the edges (when used with
> a 10D sensor, or so I've read) - i
> t has ~60 degrees and ~ 90 degrees on that size sensor.
>
> I'm sure everyone here will correct all my rantings :-)
>
>
> Eric
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Will Merrill" <email@hidden>
> To: <email@hidden>; <email@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 2:19 AM
> Subject: Re: Cubics with PTViewer (now 10D/Sigma Discussion)
>
>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> There are several examples using this setup Karl posted. The outdoor
> shots
>> do show some people very light, you can see right through them. Is this
>> what you are referring to? Not sure if this is a result of the stitching
>> process, or what, as I don't have access to the raw images. For example,
> at
>> the following link:
>>
>> http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/canon10dthumbs/canon10d.htm
>>
>> The third one down, there is one person walking that looks like a ghost
> (you
>> can see right through). These "ghosts" are in some of the other example
>> panos taken with this setup (10D/Sigma) as well. Maybe Karl or someone
> else
>> can comment on these "ghost" images. I'd really like to know as I'm
>> considering this setup and it will cost a lot!
>>
>> However, there are panos on that page that came out quite nice. And, at
> the
>> following link you can see some excellent pans taken with this setup:
>> (click on "3D map of the museum"):
>>
>> http://www.seeoxford.com/pittrivers
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Will
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