Taking Pictures for A Panorama? (Page 2): So that's the software built into the P500, rather than a separate computer program, right? Do you hold the shutter button down and pivot, or...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

twowindsbear wrote:

I try to overlap by about 1/3 of the image. I use the panorama program that came with my Nikon CoolPix P500. This combination seems to work pretty good for me.

Good luck - post some of your pans?

So that's the software built into the P500, rather than a separate computer program, right? Do you hold the shutter button down and pivot, or do you have to take individual shots? Some cameras let you pan the scene and then produce a pano pic.

twowindsbear

jerryc41 wrote:

twowindsbear wrote:

I try to overlap by about 1/3 of the image. I use the panorama program that came with my Nikon CoolPix P500. This combination seems to work pretty good for me.

Good luck - post some of your pans?

So that's the software built into the P500, rather than a separate computer program, right? Do you hold the shutter button down and pivot, or do you have to take individual shots? Some cameras let you pan the scene and then produce a pano pic.

The P500 DOES have a built-in panorama feature, but I've just used the computer program that was included with the camera.

To use the built-in mode, set to the pan mode, compose the first pic & shoot, pivot & shoot, pivot & shoot - etc. to cover the area. . . then switch out of the pan mode. The camera will sense whether you're panning left-right, or right-left, and shows a 'ghost image' of the previous image to aid in alignment & overlap.

What camera & 'method' do you use?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

twowindsbear wrote:

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I'm on my iPad and about to get a few hours sleep before I sign on to UHH tomorrow. I'll give you the details then.

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This may be more than you want to know.

Check this,

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

twowindsbear wrote:

What camera & 'method' do you use?

I use any camera and overlap the shots. Then I load them into the computer and start Canon PhotoStitch. I tell the program what shots to combine, and it joins them. PhotoStitch is a free program that comes with Canon cameras. I tried to find a site to download it, but nothing worked.

Many new cameras, P&S Sonys, for example, use a different method. You set the camera to pano, hold down the shutter, and pivot. The camera closes the shutter after 180 or 360 degrees and gives you a completed panorama. This works in landscape and portrait.

redfordl Loc: Carver,Ma.

i don"t know if i can post my panos as they take up alot of mb>s . One is 454 mbytes.Can we post something so large.Thanks. My panos are in .psd format so i don"t know if i can upload this format to uhh. Aactually i was quite happy with their results. Thanks!! I used the photmerge function of pse 10 and it worked well. I tried canon"s photostitch program and it did not work well. Their was a duplicate of a chimnea in my backyard which only has one.
Toodles!!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

redfordl wrote:

i don"t know if i can post my panos as they take up alot of mb>s . One is 454 mbytes.Can we post something so large.Thanks. My panos are in .psd format so i don"t know if i can upload this format to uhh. Aactually i was quite happy with their results. Thanks!! I used the photmerge function of pse 10 and it worked well. I tried canon"s photostitch program and it did not work well. Their was a duplicate of a chimnea in my backyard which only has one.
Toodles!!

An editing program will let you convert to jpg and reduce the size. Yeah, I know what you mean about the duplicates. I've never tried PS for panorama I ordered a refurb Sony for $120, and that will do panos in the camera.

redfordl Loc: Carver,Ma.

Twowindsbear you will find my two panoramas that i just posted on the photogallery.I used the stitching program on pse10 to do this.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

redfordl wrote:

Twowindsbear you will find my two panoramas that i just posted on the photogallery.I used the stitching program on pse10 to do this.

I just took five shots out front with a Canon P&S. I took them in portrait mode to give them more height. I'll post the final result in the Gallery section.

TC Collins

Anothe program that works well is Microsoft Ice, its a free download. Hugin also is good as it will recognize a wide angle lens. I have a canon and in photstitch it will not stitich photos I take with my sigma 8-16 lens.