Sony A6000 experts
Jun 7, 2016 09:06:41 #
Hi, I'm a A6000 happy user, but there are a few questions that only an experienced user might be able to answer.
1.- Is it possible to implement face detection (not recognition) without the smile thingy at the same time?.
2.- Is it possible to shut a panorama with the camera held vertical, and sweeping left to right to achieve a greater high of the final picture?
and if not possible, is there an external program that will stitch pictures to form a panorama? freeware if possible.
I am running windows 7 home professional.
Thank you in advance for your answers.
sebastian
1.- Is it possible to implement face detection (not recognition) without the smile thingy at the same time?.
2.- Is it possible to shut a panorama with the camera held vertical, and sweeping left to right to achieve a greater high of the final picture?
and if not possible, is there an external program that will stitch pictures to form a panorama? freeware if possible.
I am running windows 7 home professional.
Thank you in advance for your answers.
sebastian
Jun 7, 2016 09:19:01 #
sebastian pons wrote:
Hi, I'm a A6000 happy user, but there are a few qu... (show quote)
Have you gone on line and type in the word FREE and then your question? It's very easy to do!
Jun 7, 2016 10:46:56 #
Yes, richardSM, I've found a Microsoft program that will do the stitching, but I'm looking for something more sophisticate.
Thank you for your answer
S.
Thank you for your answer
S.
Jun 7, 2016 17:45:36 #
I just tried this with my a6000 and it works. You put the camera in panorama mode and set the direction from up to down.
now change the orientation of your camera and shoot from left to right as usual or in the direction of the arrow.
now change the orientation of your camera and shoot from left to right as usual or in the direction of the arrow.
Jun 8, 2016 01:44:00 #
Hi voltan. Thanks for your input, but I think you missunderstaood me. I just did it too and my camera tells me "could not shoot panorama. Move straight in direction of arrow".
What I intend to do is to hold the camera vertical (as I was about to make a vertical panorama), and then shoot from left to right for example. In this case the arrow would be pointing up or down all the time.
I've looked in the internet and all over the place and I haven't found an answer. I also have David Busch's excellent book, but it says nothing about panoramas except to follow the arrows....
Thank you again
sebastian
What I intend to do is to hold the camera vertical (as I was about to make a vertical panorama), and then shoot from left to right for example. In this case the arrow would be pointing up or down all the time.
I've looked in the internet and all over the place and I haven't found an answer. I also have David Busch's excellent book, but it says nothing about panoramas except to follow the arrows....
Thank you again
sebastian
Jun 8, 2016 06:32:05 #
Go to the camera icon in menu. Place the camera in the "spool" choice on the top part of the camera. You will see " Panorama:size" and "Panorama:Direction". Make you choice from the available listings. If you move the camera too fast or too slow, it will tell you that it cannot make the pic. Try again for the correct speed of moving the camera.
Jun 8, 2016 06:43:11 #
muggins88. You also misunderstood. I have no problem using the panorama mode of this camera. If you read carefully what I wrote, the problem is how to shoot a panorama holding the camera vertical (arrows pointing up or down) and moving the camera from left to right -----while vertical-----.
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Jun 8, 2016 06:49:24 #
Set panorama to wide, direction down and rotate till arrow points right. Should give you the height you want.
Jun 8, 2016 06:50:38 #
Just did that with mine SonyA6000. Hold the camera vertical and move it in the direction of the arrow at the correct speed. The selection is arrow for moving it to the left, when shooting, or to the right while holding the camera vertical.
Jun 8, 2016 06:52:55 #
Jun 8, 2016 06:53:42 #
Sebastian - you CAN do vertical panos through the camera's pano sweep mode, but like muggins says, it will stop if you're not completely steady. I've tried this mode a lot and usually just go back to taking side-by-side progressive shots and stitching them together in Lightroom later. I'm apparently never steady enough to get it right out of the camera. Stitching also allows you to use raw images for your final product. Not sure about freebies on that, but i am sure your a6000 will do the vertical pano internally. This link will tell you more from a user who's tried it - i've never posted here, so i'm not sure this is the right way to insert a link:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54346174
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54346174
Jun 8, 2016 13:52:39 #
My problem with Pano is the camera has a sweet spot that I almost always miss. This modes unforgiveness precludes 'nutty as fruitcakd' novelty shots. Are there times when you want distortions by sweeping fast or 'up n' down' jitteryness. If you go fast, does that fat beach babe look slimmer. With the Sony finikyness you get a 'documentary faithfull' shot. Sigh.
Jun 8, 2016 16:16:03 #
jackpi
Loc: Southwest Ohio
sebastian pons wrote:
Hi, I'm a A6000 happy user, but there are a few qu... (show quote)
1. Yes. Instruction Manual pg. 27. Turn on Face/Smile detection. Let the camera find the face and press the shutter release button.
2. Yes. Instruction Manual pg. 26. Set the panorama direction to "Down" in the camera menu, chose the panorama mode on your mode dial, turn the camera 90-deg counter-clockwise, hold the shutter release button down and . . . .
The ILCE-6000 Instruction Manual can be downloaded at https://docs.sony.com/release//ILCE6000.pdf
Jun 8, 2016 16:17:56 #
sebastian pons wrote:
Hi, I'm a A6000 happy user, but there are a few qu... (show quote)
1. Check out the Gary Fong and other Youtube videos. There are several that could answer this question.
2. The camera will do a vertical panorama. You change the direction of sweep to up or down, turn you to the vertical. That will do what you want, at least it sounds like worth trying. You can choose to sweep either Right, Left, Up or Down. In fact I've only used the panorama function a couple times.
3. If you do a google search with "panorama stitching software free" you get a page full of possibilities. I used to have one that came with a Canon camera, but haven't used it in years.
Jun 9, 2016 02:08:40 #
Thank you again and my apologies for not understanding your answers, but English is not mi first language.... So, muggins88 was right in his explanation, and it works. Thank you again.
As for the other questions, I have the manual and as I have said above, I also have David Busch's book on the A6000. However I still don't understand how to use Face Detection . Remember I want to implement it without smile detection/shutter. I don't want to register faces. The only option I find is "face detection/smile"...
Thank you all
sebastian
As for the other questions, I have the manual and as I have said above, I also have David Busch's book on the A6000. However I still don't understand how to use Face Detection . Remember I want to implement it without smile detection/shutter. I don't want to register faces. The only option I find is "face detection/smile"...
Thank you all
sebastian
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