for the ultimate in panorama cameras there's always a Kodak Cirkut
David
iwert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am looking for some good advice on making a panorama.
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> We are currently finishing a new building complex in the centre of a small
> Belgian town. We want to present to the client a panorama of the city taken
> from the highest of the two towers (18 floors, the other one is 14 floors...
> these buildings are the highest of the small town). At the moment it is
> winter here, deadline is three weeks from today.
>
> Sun is low, even at noon. And we want to offer a full panorama (360 degrees,
> framed as one longe strip).
>
> I have three main questions:
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> 1: Equipment.
>
> Do I go for wide, shift or normal lens? I have the following available:
> 18f3.5, 21f2, 24shift, 35 shift, 50f2, 100f2.
> My gut feeling is the 24 or 35 shift, which I then would use in portrait
> mode, shifted about 1/2 down, as to catch more of the surroundings. (however,
> the tower is square, and I 'll be standing in the middle of the platform, so
> there would then be much platform to see as well.)
>
> 2: taking the actual panorama:
>
> - I was thinking of drawing a big circle on the top deck (about 20m square),
> as close as possible to the border, divide into 24 or 36, and take a picture
> from that point straight outward. This way I can leave out much of the deck.
> BUT WOULD THIS WORK????
>
> - Standing in the center is impossible, since there is a structure there,
> (unfortunately too smaal to stand on with tripod)
>
> - I will be there with the sun in my back, but since the pano is 360 degrees,
> it will also be straight in front! I was thinking of taking 3 or 4 full
> series of 24-36 images, bracketed over -1, -1/2, 0, +1/2, compose them all,
> and then, in PS CS composing them to one image, so the exposure can be "even".
>
> 3: Any advice on film?
>
> I'ld go for slide, fuij velvia 50 or sensia 100...
>
> Many thanks for any advice!
>
> Iwert.
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