Panoramic Photos sliding Cameras

[Spyros Daglas]

Hello Community,

i am totally new on photography, so my question may be kind of weird.

I am using a nikon d5000 with a fisheye nikkor 10.5mm in order to take panoramic images.
In order to do so, i am shooting 6-8 times for a circle and then with another software (on my computer) i am merging these images to make the panorama.

I am thinking if there is a way to make it like on a mobile, sliding the camera 360 degrees and having the panorama automatically without using software for merging images.

Thank you,
Spyros

 

[480sparky]

"On a mobile", meaning a cell phone? There's tons of apps for that.

 

[AC016]

i don't believe your D5000 has a panorama mode; therefore, you are left to doing it the old fashioned way.

 

[Marcel]

I think that the fisheye 10.5mm will have way too much distortion for you to get quality panorama. You'd be better with a 24mm lens since the corners will match easier with the middle part of each captured frames.

 

[480sparky]

I think that the fisheye 10.5mm will have way too much distortion for you to get quality panorama. You'd be better with a 24mm lens since the corners will match easier with the middle part of each captured frames.

Depends on the software. It may be able to identify the lens through EXIF and defish the image before stitching. I do 360x180° VR panos with an 8mm circular fisheye.

 

[Marcel]

Depends on the software. It may be able to identify the lens through EXIF and defish the image before stitching. I do 360x180° VR panos with an 8mm circular fisheye.

Thanks, I didn't know this was doable. I did some with a 24mm on FX and fought like crazy to keep the pano normal looking.

 

[480sparky]

Thanks, I didn't know this was doable. I did some with a 24mm on FX and fought like crazy to keep the pano normal looking.

Would it be due to keystoning?


Here's two panos I did with the Siggy 8mm:

pan0.net :: Intro

pan0.net :: Intro


No lens distortion was corrected. The software detected the camera & lens from the images EXIF and built the panos pretty much automatically. All I had to do was correct a few stitching errors.

 

[Marcel]

Would it be due to keystoning?


Here's two panos I did with the Siggy 8mm:

pan0.net :: Intro

pan0.net :: Intro


No lens distortion was corrected. The software detected the camera & lens from the images EXIF and built the panos pretty much automatically. All I had to do was correct a few stitching errors.

Wow, it's the first time that I see this software. I do find it very interesting. Thanks for the link.

 

[480sparky]

Wow, it's the first time that I see this software. I do find it very interesting. Thanks for the link.

It's not the site that does the stitching. I merely upload a finished JPEG to pan0.net and their software displays it as a 360x180° pano.

I use Autopano Giga to create the originals. Just dump in the original images, stitch 'em, and edit them for minor flaws if needed.

 

[Whiskeyman]

As soon as I opened the site, it said i had to check the performance of my computer, so I immediately closed the browser. That garbage ain't happening!

WM

 

[480sparky]

Which site?

I don't get garbage from either one of them.

 

[Michael J.]

I use Autopano Giga to create the originals. Just dump in the original images, stitch 'em, and edit them for minor flaws if needed.

Looks great, I bookmarked and read again later this day