Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mine was taken on the 22nd, Wednesday. Yes, that was when you walked into the trees and disappeared. It must have cleared up from the time we left until the time you got there! We left right after lunch and headed back to camp. That endless hike up the hill from camp is a killer for me! Thanks, but your sky looks much smoother than mine. I'd love to see the process for skies. I've tried everything I can think of! Tina On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks Tina. Was your shot taken the day I went AWOL? That was the day I > took mine. > > I do use CS5 for stitching. When I get home tonight I'll send you the > process for skies that Charlie Cramer gave in his printing workshop. That > said I'm not too sure my skies are any better than yours; very nice shot > indeed! > > Bob > > Bob Adler > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > On Jul 7, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > > Now that is one sharp photo!! You had a clear view of Owens Valley. > When > > we went up two days later there was a lot of haze. Here is my panorama > from > > the same spot: > > http://www.pbase.com/image/136216932 > > > > I have a problem smoothing out skies in panoramas. Are you using > Photoshop > > to stitch your's? > > > > Tina > > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >> My P45+ stitched in portrait orientation (18mm shift on each side) with > the > >> 35mm lens gives a rough equivalent of a medium format 17.5mm lens. That > >> translates into what, about a 12mm rectilinear 35mm equivalent? > >> > >> And you want what? > >> See: > >> http://www.rgaphoto.com/GT/content/Valley_View_Pano_W_large.html > >> > >> This image is from 3 main segments produced by using 3 back shifts with > a > >> portrait oriented P45+ and 35mm lens, for each segment. The 3 back > shifts of > >> each segment were stitched together from the images of the 35mm lens > shifted > >> in portrait orientation. This roughly equates to the view of each of the > 3 > >> segments equaling the field of view of a 17.5mm medium format lens/ 12mm > >> lens on a 35mm format system. 3of these were stitched(swinging the > camera > >> on a panoramic head) to give the image. It was then cropped. The file is > >> over 2.2GB. > >> > >> Give me a place to stand and I will hang this image! > >> > >> In all seriousness there are some correctly stated and some overstated > >> items in this expose. But all in all, medium format for landscapes is at > a > >> really nice place right now... > >> > >> Anyone want to buy some Hassy V and Canon equip? :-) > >> Bob > >> > >> Bob Adler > >> http://www.rgaphoto.com > >> > >> On Jul 6, 2011, at 9:25 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> My pipe dream is that someone, well, Fuji specifically :-) would make a > >>> > >>> 18x49mm sensor, and build a digital RF system for it. The sensor size > is > >>> just about the same size as the "full frame" 35mm, so the technology > and > >>> cost is known (remember that full frame Canon and Sony are as "low" as > >>> $2500). > >>> > >>> The result would of course be a cropped digital XPan. The lens should > be > >>> much easier to design - heck, lets make them all F2.8 while we are at > it. > >>> > >>> Sell the whole system with 3 lens (30, 45 and 90 equivalent) for > $10,000 > >> to > >>> $12,000, and I bet they will sell at least as many of that as Pentax > >> 645D. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > >>> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > >>> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > >>> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > >> previous > >>> replies in your msgs. ] > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com