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360 iPhone App And Attachment

2011-09-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

iPhone App And Attachment Lets You Record 360-Degree Panoramic Images

http://www.pcworld.com/article/239725/iphone_app_and_attachment_lets_you_record_360degree_panoramic_images.html

If you're sick of sloppily made panoramic images, you might want to look at this cool new attachment for your iPhone 4. The GoPano micro, made by EyeSee360, attaches straight to your iPhone 4 over the existing lens; all you have to do is hit the record button in the app.

Canon’s 50MP Omnidirectional Camera Looks Everywhere At Once

2010-09-03T05:47:00.000-07:00

Panoramic photography can be tricky. What’s better? Canon’s camera that shoots a single 360-degree image.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/09/canons-50mp-omnidirectional-camera-looks-everywhere-at-once/

AutoStitch 3.0 Brings Advanced Panoramic Photography to the iPhone

2010-06-17T05:19:00.000-07:00

From PRMAC
http://www.cloudburstresearch.com/news/news.html

Cloudburst Research today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of AutoStitch Version 3.0, which brings major improvements in panoramic photography to the iPhone. AutoStitch is the only solution that can automatically combine any arrangement of photos into high resolution panoramas of up to 20 megapixels in size.

This latest release introduces advanced image compositing techniques, previously seen only on desktop computers, to give the highest quality output ever seen on a mobile device. With sophisticated new blending and exposure compensation algorithms, AutoStitch removes brightness differences while preserving the sharpness of the original images, giving seamless panoramas that rival the results of the best desktop software. Version 3.0 also introduces the ability to share panoramas with Facebook and email, a new in-app video tutorial, and a new improved icon. AutoStitch is available now on the iPhone 3G/3GS, iPad and iPod touch.

AutoStitch brings professional quality photography to the iPhone by providing two valuable capabilities: wide-angle photography and high-resolution imaging. Its fully automated stitching approach provides a user experience that has proven to be simple and fun for even the most casual user.

Supported Languages:
* US English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish

ViewAt.org Post your panos here. They can be tied to Google Earth

2010-06-17T05:10:00.000-07:00

ViewAt has a large collection of panoramic photos that can be views, shared and rated. The images with highest ratings are automatically displayed on the home page along with their creators. You can browse through the images using categories like nature, technology, historical places e.t.c. or search for them by location. Once you click on a panorama to view, it does take a few seconds to load but the wait is worth it. You can click and move your mouse in any direction to see that side of the panorama. The image allows you to zoom in and zoom out to get a closer look.

Preview of the new Windows Live Essentials

2010-06-11T05:23:00.000-07:00

Free stitcher and much more. This program allows you to use the face in one photo on the face of another!

Lomography Spinner 360 - It is new again!

2010-06-10T13:45:00.000-07:00

Remember film? Well here is an old panoramic film camera design that has returned.

http://shop.lomography.com/spinner-360

About Dermandar

2010-05-25T05:46:00.000-07:00

http://www.dermandar.com/

Dermandar offers a pretty easy way for creating and sharing panoramas in only 3 easy steps.

Shoot : Shoot your photos using a normal camera with no need for professionnal equipment.
Create : Create your panorama and preview it within seconds using our fast online tool.
Share : Upload your panorama to share it with everybody or with only your friends.

http://fatcatwebproductions.com/the_paper/490-faculty-member-lone-star-college-montgomery-commissioned-produce-memorial-photograph

2010-05-25T05:40:00.000-07:00

http://fatcatwebproductions.com/the_paper/490-faculty-member-lone-star-college-montgomery-commissioned-produce-memorial-photograph

New 360 Desktop for Windows - Cool Free App

2009-09-24T06:17:00.000-07:00

The 360desktop Team

What's happening at 360desktop?

What’s new? It’s more a case of “What isn’t”.

It's been a crazy nine months here at 360desktop HQ and our dev team have been doing some amazing things that we can’t wait to show off.

We're proud to announce a completely new interactive 360 authoring framework and AJAX-driven Gallery system, the release of our new 360app platform, together with a new viewer and an improved 360 Manager.

We’ve also added heaps more users - with more than 2 million downloads and thousands of amazing new 360’s. We even have a few new team members, including me.

So, in more detail ...

Interactive Authoring – It’s now easy for anyone to create web enabled 360’s - interactive wallpaper with embedded videos, web pages & webclips (for just part of the page), widgets, games – any web content you want. Click here to get started.

360apps – With our new 360app framework, Web apps can now be delivered to the desktop as if they were native desktop apps. Download the new 360desktop, click on the 360apps tab and check out our sample apps – “Hip hop Girl”, “360 Games", with more than 7,000 games on your desktop, Twitter as a desktop app and more. Click here for free upgrade.

360 Manager – The new 360 Manager makes it easier to work with all the 360’s, widgets and apps you’ve got. Simply drag to re-size your manager, then sort and group your 360’s by category, or search for your favorites.

360 Gallery – Come and check out all the amazing new content that our talented 360 community creates every day – More than 10,000 stunning 360’s, plus a growing number of interactive ones as well - useful, inspiring, entertaining or simply fun. Head to the Gallery.

So, what are you waiting for?

(Free Download)

360 Spotlight

Each newsletter, we'll be showcasing some of the fantastic content that is uploaded to the gallery. Click the thumbnail to download.

Real Madrid Interactive - Spanish fan 'Rafa360' has created an interactive Real Madrid 360 that includes some interactive elements to help you keep up to date with the team's season, including a schedule, Twitter Search Widget and an RSS Reader of the team blog. Oh, there's also a collection of their greatest goals!

(Click to download)

VSide Interactives - Our friends at VSide have created a great series of 360s that show what life is like in their virtual world. Watch videos that show you how to get started and hear the latest Twitter buzz as well as a Flickr slideshow.

(Click to download)

Kanye West Interactive
- 'I'mma let you finish, but...' He's got the biggest mouth in hip-hop, so '360designteam' has created a 360 that allows you to keep up to date with his latest antics. The 360 includes an RSS reader, Twitter Search Widget and a collection of his videos.

(Click to download)

Join The Conversation!

We here at 360desktop think that our community of talented photographers, designers and artists is one of our strongest assets. That's why we're giving you more ways to talk to us and to hear about great new content.

From our support portal, we've also developed 360community, a place where content creators, brands and users can discuss their favorite content, provide feedback about the software and advertise their services, in addition to making support requests and suggesting new features. Learn more.

Until next time,

Mike & the 360desktop Team

360desktop Pty Ltd II Bring your desktop to life.

www.360desktop.com

Seitz 6x17 camera

2009-09-16T15:10:00.000-07:00

This scan back 6x17 camera is extremely fast. The image results are comparable to a one-shot digital or film back. This is possible thanks to a very high read-out speed of 300MB per second - 100x faster than for any existing scan back. The fastest exposure speed is 1/20.000 sec. - or just one second for the entire 6x17 scan at full resolution! Compared to previous surface sensors, the sensitivity of the Seitz D3 sensor is significantly higher. Comparing it with conventional scanning cameras, the sensitivity is increased by factor 100. This results in a very broad ISO/ASA range (equivalent) of 500 to 10,000, which makes this camera the perfect instrument for virtually all light situations. Our new stage selection technology allows controlling sensitivity by selecting smaller or larger areas of the sensor. This means: additional sensitivity without any additional noise!
Seitz 6x17 panorama camera - Resolution What few thought possible has now come true: wide-format digital photography. With a resolution of 7,500 pixels vertically and 21,250 pixels horizontally the new Seitz camera creates a 160 million pixel image. This substantial resolution makes it possible to create high quality reproductions. A variety of different formats is possible: 6x6, 6x9, 6x15 or a full 6x17 panorama. No limits for high definition photography! http://www.roundshot.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d438/d925/f934.cfm

Panowalker 1.00 is updated.

2009-09-16T07:13:00.001-07:00

Tourweaver 3.00 is updated.

In the latest builder of Tourweaver 3.00, the following problem is fixed:
Builder version 3.00.090916
[-] Under Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) system, virtual tour background image and thumbnails don't show up.

How to update my Tourweaver 3.00 and existing Flash tours published with it?

Update Tourweaver 3.00:
Download the latest version of Tourweaver 3.00
Update existing Flash VR tours published with Tourweaver 300 registered version:
Download and install Tourweaver 3.00 -> find twviewer.swf in your tour folder and replace it with the new virtual tour player in Tourweaver 3.00 installation directory "..\Easypano\Tourweaver 3.00 Professional(or Standard) Edition\resource\twviewer.swf".

In the latest builder of Panowalker 1.00, the following problem is fixed:
Builder version 1.00.090916
[-] Under Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) system, virtual tours fail to load.
Download the latest version of Panowalker 1.00
If you have any questions or suggestions for Easypano products, please contact us at Help Hesk.
Easypano - the Virtual Tour Way
http://www.easypano.com
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Cirkut Like Sweeping Panoramic Photos

2009-09-01T13:16:00.001-07:00

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 9 Mega Pixel

Order - Under $500

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 camera with Exmor CMOS technology offers up to 10fps shooting and features Sweep Panorama mode that can seamlessly combine multiple shots to produce striking images, advance modes that reduce noise by approximately 50 percent even in difficult shooting situations, as well as 1080p movie recording. Additionally it features professional quality 20x wide angle G-lens, 3.0-inch tiltable LCD screen and Intelligent Auto mode.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 digital camera highlights

Sweep Panorama Mode
Reach beyond the traditional wide angle lens, and capture more breathtaking shots with the Sweep Panorama Mode. Simply press the shutter button and sweep the camera in the desired direction (horizontal or vertical), and the camera continuously shoots at a high speed and then seamlessly stitches the images together to create one stunning panoramic image. Available in wide and ultrawide options, the camera can take panoramic shots of up to 224 degrees, which is wider than a fish-eye lens. Now capturing wide landscapes or church spires or skyscrapers are as easy and press and sweep.

9.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD Image Sensor
The HX1 features a 9.1-megapixel Exmor CMOS image sensor that brings out the full resolving power of the camera’s precision G-Lens to deliver extremely fast speed, high resolution, and stunning low-light sensitivity with improved image clarity and drastically reduced noise. With 9.1 megapixels, you can create stunning, photo-quality prints up to 13 x 19 inches, or crop your images and still come away with high resolution shots.

Professional-quality G-Lens
Designed and manufactured to the highest standards of optical performance, the Sony G-Lens is optimized to perfectly complement the advanced image sensors and image processing technology in Sony’s cameras. G lenses are used in top of the line digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and advanced pro-sumer HD Camcorders. Capture the action up close with the 20x optical zoom, and with the 28mm wide angle lens the HX1 even allows you to capture more of the scenes in landscape or group portraits. The HX1’s G Lens has a six blade aperture capable of producing a beautiful bokeh (beautifully defocused backgrounds with a soft natural feel). The aspherical lens elements made from ED (extra-low dispersion) minimize chromatic aberration common to high-magnification lenses.

20x High Zoom
20x optical zoom extends your reach and helps bring you closer to the action-- a real benefit for sporting events, wildlife, distant landscape views and dramatic portrait shots.

28mm Wide-Angle Lens
Widen your view and capture more of the city, landscape, or group with a 28mm wide-angle G lens.

3.0-inch Clear Photo LCD tilt display (230k pixels)
Compose and show off your images on the large 3.0-inch (230K) Clear Photo LCD Plus display, which tilts up or down approximately 90 degrees for easier high and low-angle shooting and features a special anti-reflective coating for sharp visibility, even in bright sunlight.

CMOS Sensor
Enjoy extremely high resolution, fine tonal gradation and fast speed that faithfully reproduces every detail of your subject and reduces visual noise. The Exmor CMOS sensor brings out the full potential of the lens to ensure clear, high-precession image quality.

BIONZ image processor
The BIONZ image processor delivers the high resolution and fast performance you expect from a Sony digital camera.

High Speed Shooting (10fps)
The HX1 can capture full 9.1-megapixel resolution images at up to 10 fps, helping to ensure you never miss the decisive moment. What’s more, the HX1 employs a mechanical shutter that helps reduce distortion when continuously shooting moving subjects.

Handheld Twilight Mode
Capture cleaner and sharper night shots without using a tripod. When set to Handheld Twilight Mode, the HX1 captures six images in a fraction of a second with one press of the shutter, keeping the moving object from one and superimposing the rest of the frame from the 6 images doubling the sensitivity to create a single optimized image with 50 percent less noise than an image shot with a camera with a traditional image sensor.

Additional Features

* Anti-Motion Blur Mode
* HD Movie (1080p)
* Intelligent Auto Mode
* Intelligent Scene Recognition
* Face Detection technology
* Selected Face Memory

Two new camera with sweeping panoramic function will be available soon

Sony waves in Panoramic Sweep Cyber-shots

Bridge model spec comes to compacts

By James Sherwood • Get more from this author

6th August 2009 10:49 GMT

Sony has added its funky Sweep Panorama shooting mode – as found on the firm's HX1 bridge camera – onto its two latest Cyber-shot compact cameras.

Sony's WX1 Cyber-shot has a 5x optical zoom

The mode enables owners of the new TX1 and WX1 cameras to capture super-size horizontal or vertical landscapes with a field of view up to 256° - far wider than any camera’s wide angle lens, Sony claimed. All you have to do is press the shutter button and swing the camera from left to right or up and down.
Both models can also capture 720p videos at a “super-smooth” rate of 30fps, Sony added.

A Panoramic Sweep mode features on the WX1 and TX1 (below)

In terms of technical features, the TX1 and WX1 are actually pretty similar. For example, each has a 10.2Mp Exmor CMOS sensor inside and a mechanical shutter for capturing continuous bursts of images at 10fps – which is quicker than many professional DSLR cameras achieve, Sony claimed.

Sony's TX1 Cyber-Shot: for colour lovers?

All the standard photographic features that you would expect also feature on the two models, including image stabilisation, face detection and smile recognition.
Screen size is one area where the Cyber-shot shooters do differ, though. For example, the 3in LCD built into the TX1 slightly outshines the WX1’s smaller 2.7in screen. But the TX1’s 4X optical zoom lens is also less sophisticated than the WX1’s 5x optical zoom.

The TX1 has a decently proportioned 3in LCD

Sony’s TX1 and WX1 Cyber-shot cameras are due out next month. Prices haven’t been announced, yet.

MOON ROVER PANORAMA CAMERA SHOTS OF INAUGURAL PARADE

2009-09-01T13:00:00.001-07:00

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2009-08-19T08:01:00.000-07:00

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Sony Panoramic Camera

2009-08-13T14:34:00.000-07:00

Up to 256 Degree Field of View using "sweeping" technology.

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2009-08-13T13:12:00.000-07:00

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2009-08-13T08:08:00.000-07:00

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USA Decline: Michigan Central Station and urban decay in Detroit

Déclin des USA: Michigan Central Station laissée à elle-même

Outstanding VR photography that tells the story of the decline of the automobile industry in the United States.

Before and after stitching images

2009-08-13T07:19:00.000-07:00

Click on the image to view full size

This image was photographed with the camera level. It was easy to stitch together using the automated photomerge in Photoshop software.

Panoramic Books

2009-08-12T11:30:00.000-07:00

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Canadian Rockies Panorama, by Stephen Flagler
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Canadian Rockies Panorama, German ed.,by Stephen Flagler
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Canadian Rockies Panorama, Japanese ed., by Stephen Flagler
Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days. Paperback,64 pages. Published by Altitude Pub Ltd. Publication date: January 1, 1991. Dimensions (in inches): 12.97 x 10.02 x .30
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Beneath an Open Sky: Panoramic Photographs (Visions of Illinois
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Publication date: December 1990.
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Canada : A Panoramic View by Darwin Wiggett (Photographer)
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ISBN: 1551106213

Rainier Panorama, by Will Landon (Photographer) by Will Landon (Photographer)
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The View from the Top : A Panoramic Guide to Finding Britain's Most
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35mm Panorama, by Roger Hicks
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Australia Wide : A Panoramic View, by Ken Duncan
Availability: This title is out of print, but if you place an order we may be able to find you a used copy within 1-3 months.
Published by Collins Pub San Francisco.
Publication date: November 1991
ISBN: 0002159619

Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco,
1850-1880, by David Harris, Eric Sandweiss
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The River: A Nature Panorama (Deming, Susan. Nature Panorama.)
by Susan Deming
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Touring Tennessee : A Postcard Panorama, 1898-1995, by Ridley II Wills
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Panorama California by Jack Rankin
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Landscapes in Panoramic Turkey:From Istanbul to Mount Ararat
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Out West : 30 Panoramic Views of the American Landscape
by Lois Connor, Lois Conner
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Larscan 360 Degree Home Made Camera

2009-08-12T10:59:00.000-07:00

LarScan Design Home Built 360 Degree Field of View Panorama Cameras

Built from the finest materials that I had on hand

Finest Craftsmanship that I could manage.

These Really Work!

The story I heard was that Lars Larsen had built several revolving cameras of his own design. While driving down a highway late one night, he was thinking about his biggest design problem... how to control the length of film moving through a revolving camera so that it exactly matches the moving image. EUREKA! At once he he had it - a stationary disc inside of the camera body. As the film was pulled by a motor through the camera it would be held stationary by the disc as the camera body would rotate around it. (Think of pulling yourself along on roller skates by pulling on a rope. You would move the rope would not)The length of film for a 360 degrees would be determined by the circumference of the disc. Doing a little math Lars determined that the diameter of the disk should be exactly twice the focal length of the lens. For a 35mm lens the diameter of the disk must be exactly 70mm and so on. To test his theory Lars used the body of an old 120 folding camera and a wide angle lens from a 35mm format camera. It worked perfectly.

Basic Materials

120 film size folding Camera Body. Many brands will work, but in order for the film to be Transported smoothly it is necessary to use a model that has spool holders for both ends of both the supply and take up spools.

A disk of a known diameter. For 6x6 bodies 70mm is about the maximum that will fit. For a 6x9 body 100mm is the limit. You can turn your own by chucking plastic, aluminum, or other suitable material in a drill press. I use a 1/4 inch bolt for an axle. One builder found a pulley from a broken VCR that just happened to be the correct diameter. Super glue an "O" ring to the circumference to prevent the film from slipping. Bearings are available at hobby shops.

A lens to match the diameter of the disc. If you are using a 35mm lens the diameter of the disk must be 70mm so use a 6x6 format body. For focal lengths longer than 35mm use a 6x9 format body. I prefer to use a zoom lens. After finishing construction you can simply zoom to the desired focal length. I mount a lens cap, with a whole drilled through the center, to the lens board to act as a lens mount.

A DC electric gear motor. 6, 12, and 24 volt models work. A friend of mine bought 5 for $20 each (all that they had in stock at the time) from Skycraft Parts and Surplus, Winter Park, Florida USA 407 628-5634. They are available new in the $100 range from Stock Drive Products, New Hyde Park, New York USA 516 328-3300. Some connect the motor to the film take-up shaft directly, others use gears, I cut a grove in the take up knob to convert it into a pulley. I connect the motor and the take up knob/pulley with an "O" ring.

DC Gearhead motors are available on eBay and from:

Herbach & Rademan, 18 Canal Street, Bristol, PA 19007-3939 USA (215) 788-5583
Marlin P. Jones & Assoc. http://mpja.com email: mpja@mpja.com
Skycraft Parts & Suplus, Winterpark, FL USA 407 628-5634

Bearings and "0" rings are available from:

Boca Bearings http://www.bocabearings.com In the US call 1 800 332-3256

Are you thinking of building your own camera? Willing to learn and share information and images? Join the LarScan mailing list. Go to http://www.coollist.com Enter panoptic as list name and your email address

Have you built your LarScan design camera yet? Do you have some examples of LarScan photos on your web site? Do you have building tips to share? Email the web site address of LarScan related items. I will include links to them here.

Larscan Links

http://opus.magic.be/PanopticalQTVR/ Unlimited Fields Research
http://users.cyberbeach.net/~dbardell/panoptic.html Doug Bardell's novel LarScan camera
http://users.skynet.be/dusariez/
http://www.magic.be/PanopticalQTVR/
http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/~cris/

Frequently Asked LarScan Questions

What focal length lens should I use? What size negative do you want? A 20mm lens will give you a 360 DOV that is 4.9 inches long and will fit in a 4x5 enlarger. A 24mm lens will give you a 5.9 inch long 360DOV that can also fit in many 4x5 enlargers. A 28mm will be 6.9 inches, a 35mm will be 8.7 inches, and a 50 mm lens will give you a 12.4 inch long 360 degree field of view panorama. The choice is yours. I recomend using zoom lenses because they allow for ajustments to be made after construction is finished. For a list of focal lengths and the length of the images that they give click here.

What is the distance from the film to the lens flange? This varies from camera brand to brand. (note: Don't make the same mistake that I did. Be sure to make the measurement with film in the body.)
Nikon = 46 .5mm
Minolta= 43mm
Olympus OM= 46mm
Konica=40.5mm
Take these values as a starting point. Confirm them by doing your own measurements.
Please measure other brands. Send values and corrections to bob@panoramic.net

How do you determine what the exposure time is? The formula is... The size of the slit in mm, times the time the camera takes to make a 360 degree turn. Divide this number by 2 times the focal length of the lens in mm times 3.14. The answer will be in the form of a fraction and is the exposure time.

Subject: LarScan works!
From: gbraun@mail04.mitre.org (Gary A. Braun)

I've been working on my LarScan on and off for about 4 months, and just finished it the other day. I shot two rolls of Ektachrome and was astounded that it actually worked (since nothing I makes ever works the first time!) I'm still getting a bit of minor banding which I attribute to a slightly off-center drive pulley, and I need to recalibrate the "infinity" mark on my lens for sharper images (even though they are very good now). Otherwise, I'm extremely pleased with the performance.

I used an old Zeiss folding camera for the body, an Olympus 24mm lens which I already owned, and various bits and pieces (DC gearhead motor, bearings, miniature nuts & bolts, etc) from electronic surplus stores and RC model shops. An excellent source for DC gearhead motors is:

C & H Sales Company
P.O. Box 5356
Pasadena, CA 91107
Telephone 818-796-2628

My next project is to build a pan camera with a surplus 3" Zeiss Planar aerial camera lens. Hopefully this one won't take as long!
Cheers,
Gary

Hi Bob,
I thought I'd let you know I think I've finally got a fully functional LarScan!! I found the (best) zoom lens setting and expoxied the barrel in place along with the focus ring so it can not move. Solved the banding problem related to the take-up spool! I made a spring out of a piece of 1/32" stainless cut about 3/4" wide and about 3.5" long. Bent it to an elongated "S" shape and drilled a hole in it.
This was attached to an adapter that fits the "hot shoe" mount on the top of the camera that has a 1/4-20 bolt sticking out the top with a nut and washer to hold it down. With this arraingement I can adjust the pressure on the spring simply by tightening the nut.

In the future I'd strongly suggest you not deal with fixed focal length lens's. By my observation the size of the disk is critical to match the focal length. When I do the math based on my settings achieved, the disk size is 69.2mm which gives me a focal length of 34.6mm. Nikon claim an accuracy of +/- 1% and my lens must be to the plus side. Their was no way to make the fixed lens work with that disk. A difference of .4mm doesn't sound like much but it must have been enough to keep it from working.

I also got the bearing freed up faily well, I hooked up my Dremel tool with a rubber band and spun the hell out it for about 15 minutes. If you're interested, as soon as I get some images that I'm willing to have "published" I'll send you a few if you should care to use them on the web site for your advertizing purposes. Let me know.

Thanks,
Mike Rote

Which Lens Should You Use To Build Your LarScan?

I've been thinking about building a Larscan. . . .and to help me figure out what lens to select, I made up this chart.

The vertical angle shown (rounded) is calculated based on a 43mm image width. This is the "guaranteed" diagonal for lenses used on 35mm cameras. (In reality, you'll typically get about 46mm, but sharpness and light falloff problems may be apparent. I chose to use this extra width as "bonus" angle.) Also shown are some previous Larscan lens selections as well as vertical-angle equivalents for some popular swing-lens and rotational panoramic cameras.

Lens 360
Focal Degree Image
Length Length in: Vertical Angle of View Equivalents
in mm mm inches
14 88 3.5 114 Michel Dusariez's Larscan
15 94 3.7 110
16 101 4.0 107
17 107 4.2 103 Michel Dusariez's Larscan
18 113 4.5 100
19 119 4.7 97
20 126 4.9 94
21 132 5.2 91 Lars Larsen's Larscan
22 138 5.4 89
23 145 5.7 86
24 151 5.9 84
25 157 6.2 81
26 163 6.4 79
27 170 6.7 77
28 176 6.9 75
29 182 7.2 73
30 188 7.4 71
31 195 7.7 69
32 201 7.9 68
33 207 8.2 66
34 214 8.4 65
35 220 8.7 63
36 226 8.9 62
37 232 9.2 60
38 239 9.4 59
39 245 9.6 58
40 251 9.9 57
41 258 10.1 55
42 264 10.4 54
43 270 10.6 53 Noblex 150
44 276 10.9 52
45 283 11.1 51 Globuscope
46 289 11.4 50
47 295 11.6 49 Widelux F8, Poundshot 65 w/70rnm
48 302 11.9 48
49 308 12.1 47
50 314 12.4 47 Horizon 202
51 320 12.6 46
52 327 12.9 45 Noblex 135,Roundshot 65 w/220
53 333 13.1 44
54 339 13.4 43
55 346 13.6 43
56 352 13.9 42
57 358 14.1 41
58 364 14.3 41
59 371 14.6 40
60 377 14.8 39
61 383 15.1 39
62 390 15.3 38
63 396 15.6 38 Roundshot 35 (has 3rnm upshift)
64 402 15.8 37
65 408 16.1 37
66 415 16.3 36
67 421 16.6 36
68 427 16.8 35
69 434 17.1 35
70 440 17.3 34

I hope that this is useful.

Regards,
Alan Kafton
alan_kafton@hp.com

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About the exhibition of LARSCAN CAMERAS with pictures made with, from Lars
and me, at the MUSEE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE in Charleroi -Belgium - Exibition
from February 14 to April 20, 1997. Michel DUSARIEZ - Brussel - Belgium
March 1997.

Panoramic Conversation or 25 years of turning around.
Michel Dusariez: Since 1986, I have been interested in photographs taken
with Cirkut cameras, which are large format panoramic cameras dating back to the beginning of the century, of which many are still in service, especially in the United States. I started my own exploits in panoptic photography with a transformed Rollei 35 ( April 1987) the reasonable results of which encouraged me to persevere. The way the technical inventor's mind works, means that he is in constant need of efficient tools and materials and has to do with the available means and the constant doubt as to whether he will succeed often means that he reluctant to invest - an cruel dilemma.
A trip to Japan in 1989 with a view to demonstrate the advantages in the use of kites for aerial photography, (1979) and the fact that I met Hideaki Sato, amateur builder of panoramic cameras confirmed me in my intentions. The first results gave me negatives of 250 mm x 24 mm which I thought were far too long, and I decided to go on to build a prototype based on a single use Fuji with a 25 mm lens which gives me negatives of 157 mm x 24 mm. The length/height ratio was improved, but still too long for my taste. This camera was named "Rubbish" (1989) because it was made from scrap parts only and it works quite well. I then came upon the ides of a non-definitive transformation of a modern SLR camera. Cameras with an interchangeable back make it possible to construct a panoptical interchangeable back system with two interchangeable motors for two different speeds. The focal length chosen, was deliberately very short with a view to reducing the negative length. This gives a negative of 106 mm x 24 mm. We reduce the length/height ratio. The camera body itself undergoes no changes and can still be used normally.
At this point in time, I meet the Dane Lars R. Larsen who had already been exploring panoptical photography ( 1970). Lars R Larsen: I had built my first almost panoptical camera (350°) in 1970 with the intention to make panoramas of buildings and interiors. The prototype was built from an alarm clock casing with an internal diameter of 90 mm (2 x the focal length of the lens 45 mm) which gave me negatives of the very unhandy length of abt 270 mm with a height of 24 mm. after a few successful takes, I abandoned the project, but luckily, I kept the camera.
When twenty years later, I met Michel, his system appealed to me, but at the time, I had neither a camera with interchangeable back, nor did I have a 17 mm lens. I wanted to use a 21 mm which I have, and I came upon the idea to let the camera turn around a fixed rubber disc the diameter of which is twice the focal length of the lens. I built the system around a 6x6 Zeiss Ikon Nettar body, so that I could benefit from the #120 format with a film of 60 mm.
Four points are worth mentioning here: 1: a lens for a 24x36 SLR, the focal length of which is shorter than the depth of the camera body is constructed as a retrofocus lens. - the distance between the lens and film is longer than the focal length - which in our case gives us room enough for the above mentioned rubber disc. 2: that the picture circle covered by 24x36 lenses is at least equal to the diagonal of that format, i.e.43 mm. Often it is more and may thus attain twice the height of the 24 mm of a 35 mm film. 3: that the use of a 17 mm lens gives negatives of 106 mm ( 2 x 17 x pi) when covering 360°. With a negative height of 48 mm the vertical angle covered exceeds 100°. 4: that this length of negative makes it possible to use enlargers for the 9 x 12 cm or 4 x 5".
In the spring of 1991, I built a prototype which I first called "Rundhorisontkamera" and later renamed "Larscan" (1991) which after a few improvements gave results that were so convincing that Michel decided to do at least as well. Using the same system, he very quickly built a very
pretty camera with a 17 mm lens.
Michel Dusariez: Since 1979, I had been doing aerial photography by kite, so I came upon the idea to make an aerial photography by kite (1992 ) covering 360°. The French seaside town of Toquet was chosen for this "World's first" on the 25th April 1992. As the risk of a crash can never be totally excluded, and as the camera used could not easily have been replaced, nerves were strained during the experiment, but fortunately nothing untoward happened. As the camera for the 120 format takes up quite a lot of space, I got the idea of creating a smaller, pocket sized model. A further Rollei 35 meets the hacksaw and the vice and with a 12.5 mm lens (taken from a Kodak Disc) it gives negatives of 76 x 18 mm, an acceptable length/height ratio. (1994). This prototype comes with an accessory which makes it possible to change the rotation ratio (to compensate for the change in refraction index under water) and a submarine body which permits underwater takes of 360° at any depth. (1994).
Lars R. Larsen: It was after having seen Michel's "pocket" prototype that I decided to make something neater in a Praktica point and shoot body using the motorised film advance system of the camera itself. This lightweight camera can easily be carried by kite and with radio remote control, it gives excellent aerial photographs. Michel Dusariez: I simply had to make a further conversion. This time of an Olympus Mµ. (1994) using the original motor drive of the camera. The outside dimensions corresponding to those of the original camera making it truly pocketable.
The construction of a 360° camera which simultaneously takes the same scene from two different points (stereoscopic views) took place, first for the 35 mm format ( 1993) and finally format 120 (1994). The stereoscopic vision is reestablished with the View Magic viewer from Dimension Press of USA using the over/under system. The latest camera of the series, a camera using a Polaroid 4" x 5" film holder saw the light of the day towards the end of 1996. It makes it possible to take instantaneous 360° views with a re-useable negative.

Michel Dusariez

Hand Built Panoramic Cameras

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Why spent thousands of dollars to buy a panorama camera when you can build one at home? Visit these sites and see how others have done it.

Swing Lens Camera by Giorgio Carboni
LarScan Build your own 360 degree camera from recycled camera parts.
Graham Brown Hand built 360 DOV At Sterling University, Scotland
Ask me about the Lookaround Panoramic camera.
Camogli Cameras
Jeffrey R. Charles, Versacorp I have some panoramic imaging papers at my web site which may be of interest to your readers. Most of the papers are about systems I built for my own amateur use. One of my early papers is about making axial strut reflectors out of hubcaps, etc. It is at: Some of the axial strut units I built are published in the August 1986 issue of Sky and Telescope magazine and the April 1987 issue of Astronomy magazine. Jeffrey R. Charles, Versacorp, jcharles@versacorp.com

Flickr Feed of Fun To Create Planets

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More Information On Panoramic Planets

How To Shoot A Panoramic Photograph

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http://panoramas.dk/panorama/ This site does a wonderful job of comparing the different ways to shoot a panoramic photograph.

Catadioptric Method

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One Shot Solutions

Lens and mirror based (catadioptric) cameras consist of lenses and curved mirrors that reflect a 360 degree field of view into the lens' optics. The mirror shape and lens used are specifically chosen and arranged so that the camera maintains a single viewpoint. The single viewpoint means the complete panorama is effectively imaged or viewed from a single point in space. One can simply warp the acquired image into a cylindrical or spherical panorama. Even perspective views of smaller fields of view can be accurately computed.

The biggest advantage of catadioptric systems is that because one uses mirrors to bend the light rays instead of lenses (like fish eye), the image has almost no chromatic aberrations or distortions. Because the complete panorama is imaged at once, dynamic scenes can be captured without problems. Panoramic video can be captured and has found applications in robotics and journalism

One shot 360 degree panoramic solutions are parabolic mirrors which can be used as an ad on to many digital cameras.

The resolution is low and the quality is also affected by the quality of the mirror. They are mostly used for fast panoramas for real estate VR Tours or for special action panoramas.

Examples of Catadioptric Camera Systems

0-360

360 ONE VR Kaidan

EGG Solution

Planet Method

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Planets are fun to create from a long skinny image and a little computer magic.
Slideshow of Planets on Flickr
Create Your Own Planets on Flicker http://www.flickr.com/groups/createyourownplanets/
Tutorial http://www.dirkpaessler.com/blog/index.php/photographers-tools/2006/09/06
tutorial-create-your-own-planets/

Flickr Feed of Planets

Peripheral & Linar Strip aka Horse Race Camera

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Strip Panoramic Cameras are usually stationary. The film is pulled past a slit where the exposure is made. The speed of the moving film must match exactly the speed of the moving image. The is an example of a peripheral panorama:

Strip panoramic cameras can also be used by moving the camera. The speed of the film moving must match the speed of the moving image.

Copy writed peripheral and linear strip photos use here with permision of Andy Davidhazy

A gallery of Andrew Davidhazy's Strip Panoramic Photography
For the Basics Of Strip Panoramic Photography check out Andrew Davidhazy's article.

Rotational Method

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These cameras take a 360 degree+ field of view image on film that moves in one direction as the camera turns in the other. The first commercially produced rotational was the circa 1904 Cirkut Camera. They came in several sizes 5, 6, 8, 10, and 16. Many of them are still being used by professionals today. Modern rotational cameras are available too.

Video Showing a Cirkut rotational camera in action

Swinglens Method

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Produced by a cameras that have a lens that swings from side to side while wiping the image on stationary film that is held on a curved plane. These cameras typically take a 140 degree field of view image. The first panoramic camera ever patented was a swinglens. It was a hand cranked model patented in 1843 in Austria.

Segmented Method

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A series of images displayed next to one another to show an extended scene. This is the oldest method used to show a wide field of view. Currently it is enjoying a rebirth in popularity by artists who combine stills into complete 360 degree+ field of view images.
Download images to do your own test.

Use computer software to stitch images together

http://hugin.sourceforge.net/

Hugin Panoramic Photo Stitcher

This is an extremely powerful, professional, easy to use, cross-platform (Windows, Mac, and Linux), panoramic imaging tool chain based on Panorama Tools. With Hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersion panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures and much more. This program will stitch images that other programs can not.

For the easy to do, basic everyday, everything strictly horizontal stitching, I would recommend a one or two click solution like Windows Vista Panorama Maker or Photoshop PhotoMerge

Photoshop PhotoMerge

All modern versions of Photoshop CS and Photoshop Elements come with an automatic process called PhotoMerge. I used Photoshop CS3 to do this automatic one.

You Tube Video Tutorial of this method

Photoshop CS Auto Layers

This method takes a few steps. The photos have to be opened, combined in to one pile of layers, run the Auto-Align Layers command followed by the Auto-Blend Layers command. To my eye this convoluted series of steps ends up with a result that is identical to using the much easer Photoshop PhotoMerg.

You Tube Video Tutorial of this method

Conventional Method

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The Conventional Method uses a conventional camera to shoot a scene, then cut off the top and bottom to make the image appear like it is a wide view. Some conventional cameras call themselves panoramic when all that they are doing is to not recording the top and bottom of the image.

Fixed lens panorama cameras, also called flatback and wide view or "wide field", are panoramic cameras that have fixed, stationary lenses and a flat image plane. These are the most common form of panoramic camera and range from inexpensive APS cameras to sophisticated 6x17 cm and 6x24 cm medium format cameras. Panoramic cameras using sheet film are available in formats up to 10x24 inches. APS or 35 mm cameras produce images in a panoramic aspect ratio using a small area of film, thereby losing a significant portion of the film area. Advanced 35 mm or medium format fixed-lens panoramic cameras use the full height of the film and have an increased image width, producing high resolution images.

Because these cameras expose the film in a single 'instantaneous' exposure like traditional cameras, fixed lens cameras can make use of a flash, which would not work consistently with rotational panoramic cameras because the flash, which usually are around 1/1000 of a second, would only be captured on the part of the image that is being exposed when the flash fires. These cameras do not cause linear objects to curve, making them the panoramic camera of choice for architectural photography.

With a flat image plane, 90° is the widest field of view that can be captured with normal sharpness and without significant wide-angle distortion or light fall off by a traditional lens and camera using a single, flat piece of film. Lenses with an imaging angle of up to 120 degrees require a center filter to correct for light fall off toward the edge of the image. Lenses that capture angles of up to 180°, commonly known as fisheye lenses, exhibit extreme geometrical distortion but typically less brightness falloff at the edges than normal (rectilinear) lenses.^{[citation needed]}

Notable cameras of this type are the 35 mm Hasselblad X-Pan, the medium format Linhof 612PC, Horseman SW612, Linhof Technorama 617, Tomiyama Art Panorama 617 and 624, and Fuji G617 and GX617.

Wide Wide World of Panoramic Imaging

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The Wide Wide World of Panoramic Imaging

Learn what a panorama is, the history, and how to create them yourself.

What is a panorama?

pan3 (p²n), a word element or prefix meaning "all", implying the union, association, or consideration together, as forming a whole.

pan·o·ram·a (p²n"…-²m"…, -rä"m…) n. 1. An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area. 2. A comprehensive presentation; a survey. 3. A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.

According to the book called Panoramania! published by the Barbican Art Gallery in London 1988, the first person to coin the term Panoramic was an Irish-born artist working in Edinburgh (Scotland) who developed the idea of 360° paintings. His first piece was a view of Edinburgh painted on the inside of a cylindrical building.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panoramic_photography

Conventional: Fixed film and fixed lens camera that simply crops an image to a long and skinny format. The once was popular 35mm panorama is an example of this type. 6x17 format is the industry standard for commercial panorama work. This is far and away the most popular way to produce a panorama, also the least field of view.

Segmented: A series of images displayed next to one another to show an extended scene. This is the oldest method used to show a wide field of view. Currently it is enjoying a rebirth in popularity by artists who combine stills into complete 360 degree+ field of view images.
Swing Lens: Produced by a cameras that have a lens that swings from side to side while wiping the image on stationary film that is held on a curved plane. These cameras typically take a 140 degree field of view image. The first panoramic camera ever patented was a swinglens. It was a hand cranked model patented in 1843 in Austria
Rotational: These cameras take a 360 degree+ field of view image on film that moves in one direction as the camera turns in the other. The first commercially produced rotational was the circa 1904 Cirkut Camera. They came in several sizes 5, 6, 8, 10, and 16. Many of them are still being used by professionals today. Modern rotational cameras are available too. They are popular with Quicktime VR and Surround Video artist..
Peripheral and Linear Strip: Images of moving objects are wiped on film that is also moving. The film speed must equal the speed of the moving image. The Horse race finish camera is a common use of strip panoramic photography. The speed of the film matches the speed of the image of the horses.

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Tip: If your file size is greater than 56MB then use the Photoshop "save for web" function. It will create an image file that is a fraction of the original file size. In most cases if your choose the maximum quality setting the quality of the image will not be visibility reduced. In fact often the "save for web" version that Photoshop creates will be slightly sharper, more saturated, and have increased contrast which improves the over all quality of the finished print.