jpp
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Post by jpp on Aug 12, 2014 14:16:08 GMT -5
; Microsoft ICE is why I do not use super wide angle lenses in M4/3, it allows the zoom lens to stay at mid range, and be able to give equivalents of 10mm shots on full frame, or more! It also allows the M4/3 to produce performance beyond a full frame digital, and at a higher resolution. The only downside are the potentially huge file sizes, and moving objects, like people, must only be in one of the shots. Moving trains for instance are completely impossible with ICE. Stephen I am a Ice Microsoft user too, it's very easy to use , I even have fun at shooting moving cars or people and sometimes the result can be quite fun :(can't insert a pic....), another use of it is with my flatbed A4 scanner when I want to scan larger than A4 documents, Ice is perfect for the job.
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Post by philbirch on Aug 12, 2014 17:57:36 GMT -5
I've just downloaded a copy of ICE and will give it a go. Here is an image of a helicopter flying past Liverpool, 7 or 8 photos stitched together deliberately keeping the 'copter in each frame.
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truls
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Post by truls on Aug 12, 2014 23:51:32 GMT -5
; Microsoft ICE is why I do not use super wide angle lenses in M4/3, it allows the zoom lens to stay at mid range, and be able to give equivalents of 10mm shots on full frame, or more! It also allows the M4/3 to produce performance beyond a full frame digital, and at a higher resolution. The only downside are the potentially huge file sizes, and moving objects, like people, must only be in one of the shots. Moving trains for instance are completely impossible with ICE. Stephen I am a Ice Microsoft user too, it's very easy to use , I even have fun at shooting moving cars or people and sometimes the result can be quite fun :(can't insert a pic....), another use of it is with my flatbed A4 scanner when I want to scan larger than A4 documents, Ice is perfect for the job. Nice that several members are using Microsoft ICE, strange it is a free piece of software compared to quality. Very good idea to assemble scanned documents, I have never thought of that, thanks for the tip!
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truls
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Post by truls on Aug 13, 2014 0:06:24 GMT -5
I've just downloaded a copy of ICE and will give it a go. Here is an image of a helicopter flying past Liverpool, 7 or 8 photos stitched together deliberately keeping the 'copter in each frame. I like it, and you are very creative! The autopan software seems to be the former "Autostitch" software, developed by the University of British Columbia. There is a free version to download, which I tried. It did not work with scanned negatives. Can you give some feedback ICE vs Autopan when you have tried ICE? It is interesting as it is free vs commercial. No big report, but some pointwise differences, good, bad etc.
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Post by mickeyobe on Aug 13, 2014 1:54:39 GMT -5
I've just downloaded a copy of ICE and will give it a go. Here is an image of a helicopter flying past Liverpool, 7 or 8 photos stitched together deliberately keeping the 'copter in each frame. Philbirch, Your panoramas are extraordinary. Mickey
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Post by philbirch on Aug 13, 2014 6:09:09 GMT -5
Thanks Mickey. I always shoot a few wide scenes using a medium lens when I'm out and stitch them together. Its the only way I can afford a 300 megapixel camera. I have had no problems stitching neg scans or print scans with autopano giga.
Photoshop PS5 does a pretty good job too.
I'm going to compare Autopano with ICE and post a new topic. Thanks for the idea.
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truls
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Post by truls on Aug 13, 2014 7:10:04 GMT -5
Just for the records, if you have two cameras, some fast train would not be a problem afterall.
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Stephen
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Post by Stephen on Aug 13, 2014 12:26:54 GMT -5
Just for the records, if you have two cameras, some fast train would not be a problem after all. Might well work!, but they would have to be fired together exactly, and many digital cameras do not have a remote release, and if they do, will not work as a pair, needing special cables made to couple them. All decent SLR digital have the releases, and some can handle dual firing. Modern electronic release is way more complex than mechanical, one switch closing will not guarantee both firing, as when one gains a micro second over the other, the second one does not respond to the signal, as the first blocks it. Professional multi firers use capacitor delay to overcome the issue, it fires in a short sequence. Some times old fashioned dual releases are best! Stephen.
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Post by philbirch on Aug 13, 2014 16:17:59 GMT -5
Just starting a little Pano thread...
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Post by philbirch on Aug 21, 2014 15:57:05 GMT -5
Here is a 2 shot stitch, my lens only covered two thirds of this unusual roof over Warsaw University library
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truls
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Post by truls on Aug 24, 2014 10:37:31 GMT -5
Here is a 2 shot stitch, my lens only covered two thirds of this unusual roof over Warsaw University library I think everyone are doing panoramas these days, I'm a little late. When did you first stitch a panorama, or got the idea? Nice pic of a special building, is it build down in the ground?
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Post by philbirch on Aug 24, 2014 13:38:33 GMT -5
My first panorama was a photo of Laxey Wheel. I took about 12 photos because I couldnt get it all in with my 35mm lens (Yashica T4 camera). I glued all the photos onto a card, not unlike a David Hockney composition.
I like photos just out of the ordinary, panos really started for me because once I "forgot the wide angle..." and learned how to stitch them in photoshop. Panos also work well with large wedding parties. The automatic panorama function on my NEX5 is fine but not as good as doing it yourself.
I also make 3d images. Perhaps I'll show some in a new post
Google: warsaw university roof garden (images) This will answer your question.
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Stephen
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Post by Stephen on Sept 9, 2014 13:17:51 GMT -5
Shot from four in Ice, of the French Hospital in Rochester, Kent.
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Post by philbirch on Sept 9, 2014 18:20:10 GMT -5
What a nice shot Stephen, heres a few from Bath Pultney Bridge: The Roman bath, just a 2 pic vertical pano. Ha you can see the Join, I hadnt noticed it until now!
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