[rollei_list] Re: Rollei Panorama Head and Stitching
- From: Don Williams <3237daw@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 00:11:40 -0500
At 11:21 PM 5/21/2018, Allan wrote:
I think Carlos is our resident expert on the panorama head and
stitching photos.
I've had a panorama head (second model) for some time but haven't
used it yet. My understanding, which may well be flawed, is with the
80mm lens there is no overlap using the click stops. With the 75mm
there is a slight overlap. Is the overlap enough for photo stitching software?
With my Rolleiwide I guess there would be a sufficient overlap for
the stitching software.
Just wondering who has experience in this.
Allan
Some time ago I decided to make a panorama of my local park*, 360
degrees. I simply hand-held the camera and used free Irfanview to
stitch it all together. Since there were slight differences in
elevation angle, as expected, I just trimmed the top and bottom of
the end result. (I have Photoshop Elements but never use it because
Irfanview meets my needs with much less hassle and study).
The main thing I learned from the experiment was to keep the same
exposure from shot to shot.
Now I have "upgraded" from a flip phone to a "smart" phone which has
panorama built in. It seems to work but I haven't used an end product
and probably never will.
As it turns out Ricoh gave me a free Theta which takes full spherical
photos, the only down side being that your hand is in the picture
when you hold the camera over your head. There is a solution,
somewhat, I can put the camera on a stick and stand behind some
natural object, out of view, and trigger the camera with a smart phone.
Now back to Allan's question. If it were me, I would use the pano
head just to keep the camera level and ignore the click stops, using
at least a 20% overlap. (Irfanview seems to work with less overlap
but why not be on the safe side?)
DAW~
*FYI just use Google Earth and search 3237 Via Marin, La Jolla,
CA. The park is across the street North. (I now live 1,200 miles
from there so the address is of no consequence to me.)
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