Jeezoflip Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I always see those widescreen, panaramic shots. My question is, how do you take them? Do you need a wide angle lens to do it, or is it a setting on your camera. I have a Canon digital rebel xt. Any input would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rez. Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I don't own a Rebel XT and have never used one. I do however have a Canon Poweshot A700 and on that there is a Panoramic setting (On the Program Dial). I have used that on many an occassion and it is petty good at what it does. You may want to take a gander at your User Manual ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54mbps Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I use photomerge in Photoshop (File - Automate - Photomerge) Works for me with up to 16 images, 26000 by 5000px Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 it's been a long time since I've done this, but it used to be my main line of business. Apple's quicktime VR toolkit and Panorama Tools by Helmut Dersch are designed to make 360-degree panoramas, but can equally well be used to stitch together pictures with perspective correction etc. Things may well have moved on since I did but those tools used to give quality results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 With a camera such as the Rebel, it is more of a "lens" thing. You need to get a wide-angle lens for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_marshall Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Your kit lens will work. Take 2 or 3 shots of the scenery then stitch them together in photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteparozzi Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 DoubleTake is a light, cheap program that will stitch images together for you as well. Even has some basic editing and alignment options. It's worked really well for me. DoubleTake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I have the same camera and I have used it to take a few panoramas. What you need to make sure is that you are on a tripod and that the dial is set to "M" for manual exposure. That way, you can make sure all the pictures will be exposed the same. With a camera such as the Rebel, it is more of a "lens" thing. You need to get a wide-angle lens for that. If you use a wide angle lens such as a fish eye lens, you get distortion round the edges that are more difficult to correct and can make the picture more awkward to stick together. You can use the lens that comes with the camera, it's more than adequate. Make sure that when you take the pictures, they overlap. Then it's just a case of stitching them together - I use Photoshop CS3, it makes it quite easy. EDIT: just found this site, maybe that can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightworker Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 You could always pick up the Canon 10-20mm lens, it's a super-wide angle zoom without the fisheye distortion. I believe Sigma makes a cheaper 10-22mm version, but the optical quality isn't as good. You might find it more cost effective to just stitch them like the other guys said in photoshop though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetopramen Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 someone probably mentioned this already, but you could try using a panoramic tripod for more accuracy. It'll look better when your whole photo will be consistant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezoflip Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 thanks for this guys, im actually gonna try this next weekend when i go on a shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenonsupra Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 Two of my panoramic shots taken with a nikon d50 and 18-55mm lens stitched together in photoshop using auto-align and auto-blend layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkmatter Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 TIP. the best thing to remember when taking panoramic shot is to set your exposure to manual mode and set your white balance to Kelvin this will give you a consistent images which you can join using Photoshop's photo merge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacChief Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 I have done several myself. I usually use Hugin (unfortunately the Mac port is slightly behind at this time), manually picking alignment points, then using Photoshop to blend the layers together and fix any issues.So far the largest I have done is 32MP, but I would like to find a good scene to really have some fun with!Here is one that I did this way this summer. It's a view from a peak at Philmont Scout Ranch. I wish that there had been more time on that trip to take pictures, but I have what I have.The full-size image is about 15MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailor Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 I did a lot of qtvr and panorama 's. and many of them I did with the same camera you have and just basic lens (coming with a camera ) .so it.s a few things you will need.the basic set for amater use are tripod ( you can also shoot it from hand if the objects are far away from the camera) camera (your is just fine) and software http://www.ptgui.com/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shishnit Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 If you're going to stitch them together with photoshop make sure when you take multiple shots you take them over lapping each other about 1/3 the way in otherwise it wont work well at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny jargonist Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Use photoshop. Photomerge is easy to use and looks great. ill post a panoram i made using photomerge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crypticknight Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 i have the kodak z712 IS and it has a panaramic mode, it takes 3 pics, and stitches them together... it shows a part of the picture you took so you can line them up again and take another pic. repeat once more and then viola panaramic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smart Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 In a Photography qualification I did, I based my project panel around Josef Koudelka's panoramic series called chaos. You can get special 'panoramic' cameras which are specially built for panorama shots, but take a special type of film and are ridiculously expensive. I had to work in black & white film, and by chance the camera I was using had a special switch that you flicked, that pulled curtains over sections of the film, creating a panoramic effect. You also post process it in the darkroom. In the digital world however.... Photoshop is your friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegach Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 i've been doing a LOT of panoramic shooting lately... all shot w/ nikon d70s + sigma 10-20; stitched w/ either ptgui or hugin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddjc Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Omegach Cool shots, I've seen this done on the interior of the ball, first time i've seen it ontop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMX-Knuckles Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Very nice shots!!! I like the outdoor ones, it makes the houses look like they're perched on tiny planets floating in the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkXmatt Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 i've been doing a LOT of panoramic shooting lately... all shot w/ nikon d70s + sigma 10-20; stitched w/ either ptgui or hugin omg.. those look. so awesome >< did you stand on one spot, then take picturs around and merge them? i wanna make one >< ~dXm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newandintrigued Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 i've been doing a LOT of panoramic shooting lately... all shot w/ nikon d70s + sigma 10-20; stitched w/ either ptgui or hugin omg!!! these are amazing!! how do you do them?? it may be a sin to note this here but microsfot has it's own free download (if you have a valid windows license) called ICE. i've put together about 80 images in it successfully. tried 96 but it was too much for ICE. ICE really stuggles when there aren't many details, like images of the sky. i shrank down the images before stitching them so the final image wasn't huge. fwiw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newandintrigued Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 i found this great how-to! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jftphotograph...57600232700728/ also, the hugin download page with lots of info too! http://hugin.sourceforge.net/download/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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