From: "Michael Quack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:12 AM
> > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:59:13 -0500
> > From: "Julian Loke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: EOS photographing paintings
> >
> > You guys are still using "silver-based" thinking, where you make
> > the reproduction in one shot.
>
> No, but we also keep in mind the technical disadvantages of
> stitching and the effort you have to put into the stitching.
It's true that you need to put some effort into doing that. But not when
taking the photo. All you need to do is have everything in manual (exposure,
white balance), make sure the lighting doesn't change, and make sure you
move the camera in controlled fashion (keeping the same distance and focal
length obviously). This isn't much more than traditionally. And...
> > If instead you used the D30 to take a NUMBER of shots that SCAN
> > the surface, it would be possible to reconstruct a composite
> > MOSAIC using software. The MOSAIC could have arbitrary resolution,
> > depending on how many pictures you were prepared to take.
>
> Sure. And you would need arbitrary amounts of time.
And one should not try to do the stiching manually in PhotoShop. Just scan
the net for programs for creating panoramic images. Even the software for
Canon Digital Ixus could do this (definitely not the best, but it has modes
for both normal panoramic and images where camera has been moved parallel to
the scene.) With a (good) program (doesn't have to be the best even) the
initial setup and crude positioning can be done quite quickly and if one has
a slow computer, he/she could set it to do the composition over night. And
better panoramic software does this much better than one could do manually
in PS.
> Not worth the time.
If one is not a pro and doesn't do lots of these, but just a few...
definitely worth the try! If one is a pro and does tens, hundreds or
thousands of these, then obviously not.
Best regards,
Hugo.
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