That's interesting. It looks like it uses the camera's orientations sensor to select the angle of the strip of image it captures. As you turn the camera the strips stay vertical to the finished panorama. Did you sweep from right to left? It would be interesting to hack the software (but don't expect me to! :-)
On Nov 21, 1:48 am, Ian Tindale <ian.tind...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try this one, and its neighbouring pictures, where I intentionally twisted > the camera around the roll axis as I swept it across an > arc:http://www.flickr.com/photos/iantindale/6066091512/in/photostream/ > > On 21 November 2011 07:28, JohnPW <johnpwatk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's pretty fun. > > Notice how it tried to resolve the parallax problems. It locked onto > > the front surface of the the building pretty well, but had a hard time > > with distant objects "enclosed" by the building. The objects seen > > through the open door and objects reflected in the window glass appear > > partial and repeated rather than being sewn together. > > You can also see the width of the images it collects to make the > > panorama. They're pretty narrow. > > > On Nov 18, 1:21 am, Ian Tindale <ian.tind...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As an experiment, I shot this by abusing the Sony Sweep Panorama feature: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/iantindale/6241529419/—I held the camera > > > level and simply walked along in a straight line, pointing the camera > > > sideways, starting at one end of that room and ending at the other end. > > > Obviously I must’ve veered slightly towards it by the time I got to the > > > end, but it was only a quickie test to see if the technique could be > > > applied to shooting panomurals (as I’ve termed them). > > > > On 18 November 2011 06:34, kfj <_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > On 18 Nov., 00:13, JohnPW <johnpwatk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Nov 17, 4:13 pm, kfj <_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > This is why we now try and coerce 2D hardware to do a 1D job. > > > > > > I actually think using a 2D camera might be superior in many ways. > > > > > Besides ready availability of interchangeable equipment, it would > > > > > also be more forgiving of camera movement while also allowing you to > > > > > readily remove moving object artifacts. > > > > > That's a point (or two, rather ;-) > > > > > And maybe trying to do stay 1D and even 2D is too limiting anyway - > > > > eventually, we'll embrace 3D scene reconstruction, and for that > > > > purpose parallax becomes an asset. > > > > > Kay > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > > > > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > > > >http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ > > > > To post to this group, send email to hugin-ptx@googlegroups.com > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx > > > > -- > > > *Ian Tindale* > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. > > A list of frequently asked questions is available at: > >http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ > > To post to this group, send email to hugin-ptx@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx > > -- > *Ian Tindale* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to hugin-ptx@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
