Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam & Mark, I recall a photo on the wall of my grandparents' home in the 1930s, which showed a curving mountain road near Burkesville, KY, and was probably made in the early 1900s. It could easily have been made with one of these cameras. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge at mac.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Technical Question- Panning vs. WA Lens > That's fascinating because I have a group photo from the late 1800s that's > very wide and immensely detailed. I saw no indication it had been stitched > together in any way. This appears to be how it was done. Thank you Mark! > > Adam > On Apr 20, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> The for instance " Whole circuit panoramic camera invented by John R. >> Connon, [ca. 1887]" is a large format banquet camera which does group >> shots >> of people or whatever and there is no distortion. That is the point. Only >> a >> strip format photo - which gets everything. >> There is nothing not to like! >> >> http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/connon/big/big_20_cir >> cuit_panoramic.aspx >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >