Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-07 Thread paul womack
David W. Jones wrote: On 05/05/2014 10:20 PM, paul womack wrote: I am about to visit a record office. Their rules permit cameras, but not tripods (let alone pano heads!) Hmm, not even a monopod? (chuckle) I've been looking into just how far I can stretch their photography rules, but I'm

Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-07 Thread paul womack
T. Modes wrote: Am Dienstag, 6. Mai 2014 14:00:27 UTC+2 schrieb bugbear: Emad ud din Bhatt wrote: Make sure to minimize camera shake. Set camera on burst continuous shooting mode and take each frame multiple times. Your chance to get one sharp image will be maximized. Another

[hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-06 Thread paul womack
I am about to visit a record office. Their rules permit cameras, but not tripods (let alone pano heads!) I wish to capture the image of some 18th c maps, which are large, in good detail. The obvious strategy is to take multiple shots and stitch, but the shots will all be taken from different

Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-06 Thread Bruno Postle
On 6 May 2014 09:20, paul womack pwom...@papermule.co.uk wrote: I am about to visit a record office. Their rules permit cameras, but not tripods (let alone pano heads!) I wish to capture the image of some 18th c maps, which are large, in good detail. The obvious strategy is to take multiple

Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-06 Thread paul womack
Bruno Postle wrote: In terms of aligning in Hugin, you can get this to work, but mosaic optimisation isn't as stable as normal panorama alignment; the trick is to get everything nearly right with a small number of photos and as few parameters as possible, then gradually add photos and

Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-06 Thread Emad ud din Bhatt
Make sure to minimize camera shake. Set camera on burst continuous shooting mode and take each frame multiple times. Your chance to get one sharp image will be maximized. Another trick is to take a table stand with you. Fix camera on tabletop and press tabletop+dslr against your chest to get sharp

Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-06 Thread paul womack
Emad ud din Bhatt wrote: Make sure to minimize camera shake. Set camera on burst continuous shooting mode and take each frame multiple times. Your chance to get one sharp image will be maximized. Another trick is to take a table stand with you. Fix camera on tabletop and press tabletop+dslr

Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-06 Thread paul womack
paul womack wrote: Emad ud din Bhatt wrote: Make sure to minimize camera shake. Set camera on burst continuous shooting mode and take each frame multiple times. Your chance to get one sharp image will be maximized. Another trick is to take a table stand with you. Fix camera on tabletop and

Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-06 Thread Carlos Eduardo G. Carvalho (Cartola)
Just a fast consideration (I'm in a little rush) you could consider using a philopod next time. I've been using recently, even having considered it useless in the past, and I am pretty much satisfied now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouOEM4cKKGc http://www.philohome.com/tripod/shooting.htm

Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-06 Thread paul womack
Carlos Eduardo G. Carvalho (Cartola) wrote: Just a fast consideration (I'm in a little rush) you could consider using a philopod next time. I've been using recently, even having considered it useless in the past, and I am pretty much satisfied now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouOEM4cKKGc

Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-06 Thread T. Modes
Am Dienstag, 6. Mai 2014 14:00:27 UTC+2 schrieb bugbear: Emad ud din Bhatt wrote: Make sure to minimize camera shake. Set camera on burst continuous shooting mode and take each frame multiple times. Your chance to get one sharp image will be maximized. Another trick is to take a table

Re: [hugin-ptx] Records office preparation

2014-05-06 Thread David W. Jones
On 05/05/2014 10:20 PM, paul womack wrote: I am about to visit a record office. Their rules permit cameras, but not tripods (let alone pano heads!) Hmm, not even a monopod? -- David W. Jones gnomeno...@gmail.com wandering the landscape of god http://dancingtreefrog.com -- A list of