Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul, it's hard to tell from a web pic of course, but your use of the RF645 and Tech Pan is masterfully!! As for Gigapan, in case you didn't know, it's a robotic unit so you (should) calibrate for the horizon and nodal point. The effect is a bit like swing lens panoramic, I think. So straight line not on horizon is curve, but that's true with handheld stitching too. (As you can see, my bias is till the single frame pano ala XPan) With the Gigapan, I am trading off portability and time spent on field with repeatability and hopefully less time post processing. I figure that I can easily carry a tripod, the Gigapan in a bag (~4 lbs) and my Leica with a single 50mm lens and still hop up and down a trail if I want. Throw in a couple other Leica lens and I would be set for most situation. The other thing I don't like about the Giga Stitch software so far is that it only accepts JPG. I'm going to try stitching with just Photoshop on the RAW/TIFF file and see how it does... -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>