G11 / G12 Panoramic shots

Would like to see some shots, what software you're using to stitch them together. The reason I ask is, after reading up on panoramics it seems it's important that the camera is mounted to the tripod in such a way that the nodal pointis centered on the axis of rotation so that you don't get parallax distortion.

Another explanation

Any comments are welcome...

This was stitched in Photoshop CS4 from 6 images on a cheap tripod. No calculating just shoot, move, shoot, etc.

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I shoot alot of pano images when skiing - never have time for any of the nodal point lark! As above shoot; move; shoot; move; shoot etc - amazing how quickly and accurate you can be.

This is a 5 shot Pano taken in Austria in January

Pano processing seems to be getting better all the time. Photoshop Elements 9, for example, seems to be able to handle just about anything. Here's one made from seven shots ranging over a 180 degree arc (Ohio River looking upstream left to downstream right; Kentucky on the opposite shore). From my reading it seems to be more important to maintain constant exposure, focus distance, white balance, and depth of field/aperture throughout the sequence of shots.

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RogWarham wrote in post #12149925
I shoot alot of pano images when skiing - never have time for any of the nodal point lark! As above shoot; move; shoot; move; shoot etc - amazing how quickly and accurate you can be.

This is a 5 shot Pano taken in Austria in January

Bigger version http://www.bladecomms.​com/samples/Glacier_me​d_size.jpg

Shot in Raw, pulled off the with Lightroom 3 - stitched in Photoshop CS5

Use a Mac - sometimes also use Calico for a quick pano comp ( http://www.kekus.com ) or Hugin . . . all depends on how much control you want to get/play with

Have fun!

Rog

Rog - amazing image ! G11 or G12 Cheers

Nice shots posted here, maybe its the Canon Photostitch software I'm using but getting distorsion at the seams, will have to try again

this one isn't an example of a perfect pana just kind of an extreme shoot and move. 180 degree shot from the empire state building. 12 shots stitched in cs5. It held together really well except looking north to the park, kinda got a little tilted and two buildings at (I think) about 6th and 42nd got morphed together...but other than that I'm kinda amazed. I stuck my G in the same notch in the railing all the way around to try and maintain some consistency and worked the raw images' exposure first. Original @240 dpi is 7.5 feet long 10.5 " high.

I"ve knocked it down over 50% (30x3.5) here (click to full image I think)

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pwdieter wrote in post #12150354
. It held together really well except looking north to the park, kinda got a little tilted and two buildings at (I think) about 6th and 42nd got morphed together.

Yes, I can see that...still that is an impressive shot, well done. If I understand correctly you didn't use a tripod, but the ledge around the lookout area? A testimony to the builders I think.

no tripod but not really a ledge either. There is a jumper prevention "fence" all around the observation deck that I used to maintain a similar POV
(not my shot)

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I tend to do my pano shots quick and dirty, it is not a problem as I only normally do a single row with the camera on its side (portrait), the trick I find is to keep the lens at normal or telephoto - going anywhere near wide starts to do strange things to the horizons. Another vote for the Lightroom/CS5 route, but I have used the Canon software without any problem. I think this was 6 shots, I rested the camera against a post - Towards the Purbeck hills, the Needles from Isle of Wight - G11 fitted with a polarizer. There are some cracking shots in this thread!!!

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G12, 6 shots stitched in Microsoft ICE:

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I haven't taken any noteworthy panoramas with the G12 so far but, as others above, I've always used the shoot and move etc. method. Seems the tripod never makes it on my trips when needed. I've used Photoshop CS4 (and now CS5), along with a great program called PTGui for stitching with great results.

G12, stitched in canon software zoombrowser EX. i think the color was too bright.

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Mortimer62 wrote in post #12151510
G12, 6 shots stitched in Microsoft ICE:

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Mortimer62, nice shot, looks seamless, what was your shooting procedure. Tripod? Do you level the tripod? I am interested in peoples procedures before and after the shot.

Yes, this panorama seems technically good, it has been accepted in the Perfect Panoramas Group : http://www.flickr.com …mas/pool/with/5​428969038/
I have been less lucky with my other previous attempts made with Canon Photostitch.

Nodal point distances for G11 and G12 have very small values, they should not be critical unless proximate foreground.
They can be found here : http://homepage.hispee​d.ch …9b15_nodal_poin​ts_g11.pdf

My gear was composed of Manfrotto's 055XPROB, 555B and 300N and a personal panohead.

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