Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, Nathan - Regarding the distortion, you might want to look into the type of mapping selected for the photomerge. As I recall there a half-dozen or so to choose from and some of them twist the hell out of the images. My vertical photomerges with the 20 mm lens have all been distortion-free. I've had the least distortion with Cylindrical mapping, as I recall. Sorry I can't confirm that at the moment. Regards, Dick BTW, have been spending too much of my time lately with a paint roller in my hands. As soon as I finish painting my living room, dining room and hallway I expect to start posting again. :-) On Feb 13, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > The panos are interesting, Howard, but I am surprised to see that much > distortion--I have not noticed it with the GF-1 and 20mm in normal use. > Must do some experiments myself. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > On Feb 13, 2010, at 10:16 AM, H&ECummer wrote: > >> Hi Luggers, >> >> We are in Sydney for the next few weeks and staying at a friend's house >> on Elizabeth Bay. This morning we went to visit Elizabeth Bay House which >> is just around the corner and spent a couple of hours with the well >> informed docent. Here is some background from the guidebook of the house. >> The Finest House in the Colony >> >> Conceived as "the finest house in the colony" Elizabeth Bay House was >> built for New South Wales' senior civil servant, Alexander Macleay. >> Macleay's appointment as Colonial Secretary reflected the expansion of >> the colony's administration during the 1820s, which gave rise to a >> colonial middle class. Elizabeth Bay House, similarly, reflected the rise >> (both in Britain and the colonies) of the detached villa set within >> several acres of landscaped garden as the ideal form of middle-class >> housing. The house was associated with a series of Greek Revival villas >> built for the heads of the departments of the colony's civil service, on >> the adjacent Woolloomooloo Hill. The builder and architect, John Verge, >> was responsible for many of the Woolloomooloo Hill villas, although the >> extent to which he may be regarded as the designer of Elizabeth Bay House >> is unclear. >> >> Macleay appears to have had plans for the house by 1832, although its >> commencement was to be delayed until 1835. The house was not made >> habitable until 1839, possibly as a result of Macleay's loss of his post >> in 1837. At the time of its conception Elizabeth Bay House was by far >> superior to the house occupied by the governor but it was to be eclipsed >> by the new Government House completed in 1845. As with many of Verge's >> commissions, its construction was curtailed as a result of the looming >> financial crisis of the early 1840s, which devastated early colonial >> society. >> >> The Villa Plan >> Its rooms are arranged around a central stair hall, connecting with it >> and with each other. The principal rooms, located on the ground floor and >> the French windows of its three principal elevations, emphasize the >> house's relationship with its garden. >> >> The villa form allowed architectural experimentation with shaped interior >> spaces. Elizabeth Bay House's cubic entrance hall leads to an elliptical, >> domed, top-lit saloon containing the stair. >> >> Here are two vertical 4 panel panorama views taken from opposite sides of >> the staircase with the GF 1 and the 20mm f1.7. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Australia2010/ElizBayVertStair4PanW.jpg.html >> >> http://tinyurl.com/yj7ytjd >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Australia2010/LizBayStair4Pan130210W.jpg.html >> >> http://tinyurl.com/yk2mhrx >> >> Please enjoy >> >> C&C welcome as always. >> >> Cheers >> >> Howard (in extremely wet Sydney) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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