Panorama Prints 13" x 44" with Canon 10D

[Tiger1]

:?: Have any of you printed a panorama, 13" x 44" from a Canon 10D picture or from a proportionate crop from a 10D picture and if so, how was it?

Would you use Capture One-LE and Photoshop to help produce it?

The Epson Stylus 2200 can do it, but I haven't tried it - yet! :shock:

Thanks for your help :D :D

[Jesper]

Where do you find 13"x 44" paper for the Epson 2200?

Let's say you have an image from the 10D at the highest resolution, which is 3072 x 2048 pixels. Suppose you crop it so that the long side gets the 3072 pixels. That would be: 3072 / 44 = 69.8 pixels per inch. In the vertical direction, you would have 69.8 x 13 = 908 pixels.

69.8 pixels per inch is certainly not enough to make a perfectly sharp print. You'll surely see pixelation if you look at that print close enough.

You could try making panoramas by stitching multiple images together. Have a look at Max Lyons' gallery (http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/) he has lots of great, super high resolution stitched photos (made with his D60). You can get PTAssembler (http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm) from his website, which is a piece of software to stitch photos together.

[Qurlyjoe]

Where do you find 13"x 44" paper for the Epson 2200?


You buy it in rolls. For example, the 13" Premium Glossy comes in rolls 32' 8" long. from ItSupplies.com it's $52 + shipping.

You need to attach the roll feeder, of course.

[Tiger1]

[quote="Jesper"]Where do you find 13"x 44" paper for the Epson 2200?

You could try making panoramas by stitching multiple images together.

Jesper, thanks for your reply.

You can get 13" x 32' rolls of professional grade preminum glossy and premium luster photo paper directly from Epson. I have also been told that there are other markets that can supply quality fine art paper (like 90# or less) in rolls 13" wide for the Epson 2200. Check out the Epson site www.epson.com/printer/

I certainlly understand your resolution explanation, but the stitching parameter, which I am familiar with, didn't enter my mind before I asked the question; :shock: and thanks for the sites, I appreciate them.

I am going to try it out and let you know what happens in a couple of weeks when I return from a trip.

Thanks again.

[Tiger1]

You could try making panoramas by stitching multiple images together. Have a look at Max Lyons' gallery (http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/) he has lots of great, super high resolution stitched photos (made with his D60). You can get PTAssembler (http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm) from his website, which is a piece of software to stitch photos together.

Jesper,

I have been reading Max Lyons page regards panorama prints. WOW :o :o :o He really has a handle on it. I am going to try to learn his tecniques. Whew !!!!!!!! , but looking forward to the challenge.

Thanks again for sending this site to me.

[Jesper]

Yes, Max Lyons really has some great images. Did you see his gigapixel image (http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm)? A 1,000 megapixel image, made from 196 stitched images!

I've also been experimenting with stitching images and registered PTAssembler. It's actually not as hard as I thought it would be, and I've already made some nice 20 or 30 MP panoramas, hand held - as long as the subjects aren't too close to the camera, you can do it hand held without very obvious parallax errors.

If you really want to get more advanced with panorama photography, you might want to get a panorama tripod head. I just got the Panosaurus (http://www.tawbaware.com/panosaurus_review.htm), which is a very cheap, plastic panorama head - but it works well (although I haven't used it very extensively myself yet). If you've registered for PTAssembler, you can get $30 discount on the Panosaurus.

[RoB_m]

i printed this 44" wide at 200dpi with a modified epson 1280. it's made from 5 images taken with my A80. the detail is amazing so i could only image what it'd be like taking the same shot with the 10D *drool*. i used a roll of epson premium luster paper. it was only 10" tall though and it's $2/foot. just be careful with that paper because if you use pigment based ink like me, it will be very sensitive to the touch. you'll most likely have to set the paper source to 'roll paper' in the page setup options because 44" is the max paper dimension the 1280 could take without selecting roll. so if your image is 44" wide you'll need to select 'roll paper' so the image doesn't get cut off.

http://rexthewonderhorse.com/rob/utahrocks.jpg

[Tiger1]

Jesper,

Thanks for the additional info. I am photographys novice to a novice when it comes to panorama, but I "am" going to get it. I don't know how long it will take, but I'll get there.

Gigapixel is awesome. You can see the months, years of time in Max's work. Its obvious he has experimented with many potential solutions.

Rob_M

Your panorama looks great. I wouldn't think the A80 has the stitch feature, so how did you do it? - just the printer? :roll: What software do you use?

Thanks,