something different: panorama photographing.

[Nappe1]

Panorama Factory seems very good on that. I have tried couple of other softwares too, but it seems that I don't need to look for anymore...

Hi Nappe1,
Just gave Panorama Factory a whirl and I can't say that I'm 100% impressed. Although it sometimes automatically aligns the images quite well, when it goes wrong it really goes crazy.

Some of these mistakes I could correct manually but others... well it seems to make certain assumptions about the distortions you get in the images and if you've done something different to those expectations then you are stuck.

I'd have been happier if it could have allowed me to mark a few "nearly matching" points per image and then let it solve for the transformations needed to align them.

Oh well... I'll keep searching I guess (or try using the GIMP)

well, better luck with next software. as said I am quite happy with it, but that doesn't mean It would be best softaware for everyone. As well as I have noticed that you can actually "practise" take pictures that PF is happy with. But that is most likely also the case with all programs.

I have used an Olympus C2020 Zoom, it came with a special memory card that overlayed guides to help you line up shots for panoramas, which could then be used by the software that came with it. However this only worked on the olympus branded memory card which was a measly 8MB. I have also used Pixtra Panastitcher with some good results.

yes I did have that feature in my camera too, but because I have now Kingston's 32MB card, I have practised to take pictures without panorama features on camera, so I can stich them with Panorama Factory. So, you won't nessessarily need Panorama card for taking them, but surely it does help. For example images with Olympus Panorama feature has locked exposure timing, so pictures doesn't have so big differences in lightning. And yes, it shows those borders on LCD screen to make picturing easier.

 

[Basic]

here you Basic,
http://www.exif.org/

Thanks, I'll look into it.

 

[Simon F]

I have also used Pixtra Panastitcher with some good results.

I gave that a try last night. It worked very well on a set of images (taken in Death Valley) where each shot was close to the horizontal plane, but when I fed it a set of photos which included a tall building that I'd covered with two shots vertically, it went haywire. It either crashed completely (!) or warped the results so badly it was unusable. Sigh. It's a pity because it seems to have a lot more flexbility with the alignment of images than Pan' Factory.

 

[Simon F]

Zabriskie Point - Death Valley, USA

Unfortunately, the effect of feeling like you're in a fan-forced oven has been lost.

 

[Nappe1]

Zabriskie Point - Death Valley, USA

Unfortunately, the effect of feeling like you're in a fan-forced oven has been lost.

yeah, I know what you mean.
Capturing the real atmosphere is really hard...

Still, pretty nice shot.

P.S. I updated my picture page mentioned in first post...
http://www.kyamk.fi/~ohj8laka/pics2/panoramas/

 

[Simon F]

It's a shame I couldn't get the one I took of Vegas to work - there was a great sunset reflected onto the buildings combined with the impressive light shows.

The more I think about it, the more it seems that hacking together my own program may be the way to go.

 

[Nappe1]

I added one more panorama shot... this time it is "virtual version of my desktop" and I think some ppl here are pretty interested about it...

 

[Simon F]

I added one more panorama shot... this time it is "virtual version of my desktop" and I think some ppl here are pretty interested about it...

What's the card with the RAM sockets? It looks vaguely familiar but I can't place it.

 

[Nappe1]

I added one more panorama shot... this time it is "virtual version of my desktop" and I think some ppl here are pretty interested about it...

What's the card with the RAM sockets? It looks vaguely familiar but I can't place it.

it is Sound Blaster 32 PnP (means AWE32 without any RAM. just empty sockets.)

and again, I updated pages with new one that I was able to shot this evening...

 

[Tahir2]

Zabriskie Point - Death Valley, USA

Unfortunately, the effect of feeling like you're in a fan-forced oven has been lost.

That is one awesome horizon. And to think I missed the chance of seeing it whilst I was only one state away on my hols. Aww shucks.

 

[Simon F]

That is one awesome horizon. And to think I missed the chance of seeing it whilst I was only one state away on my hols. Aww shucks.

So you missed out on Yosemite National Park?! That's the one you should be kicking yourself about.

 

[Simon F]

I've done 3 more panoramas... not great but good enough.
The Zion Canyon (Utah) shot is almost a full 360 degrees (though it doesn't look like it!!)
BTW, Tahir, the giant sequioas in one of the shots are in Yosemite.