Really great pano Benjamin!! I also make 360's. This were I live in the Netherlands;
http://www.aircamzeeland.nl/wemeldinge2014.html
http://www.aircamzeeland.nl/wemeldinge2014.html
Show us what you shot.
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MombasaFlash
Heli's & Tele's bloke
Not just "good", "Multiretard Good" ... er ... MultirOtard.
Av8Chuck
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I think we should start a thread for Pano's. I'd start it but I haven't shot any...
How many shots, what kind of camera and lens did you use? Did you use a pano mount with the camera vertical, or did you just yaw around with the camera horizontal?
I have an NEX5n with a 19mm or a GH4 with a 12mm [which would be a 24mm]. I also have a Rokinon 8mm fisheye but it has a Canon mount so I'd have to get an adapter, not sure if that would work with something like PTGui and it weighs a ton..
The online example is not so sharp because of file size. This one i made with an rx100 mk3. This is a 24mm so have to make a lot off pictures around. I think i made about 16 for this one and then put in PTgui. Takes a bit of practise in the workflow. I did it also with a gh2 and a 8 mm fisheye but not get it very sharp always..
Benjamin Kenobi
Easy? You call that easy?
I would personally stay away from fish eye lenses. It's much easier to simulate fisheye effects in post but still have normal photos to play with. I find the images are sharpest towards the middle with my GH2 and 14mm so with some overlap you can have really sharp images, even with 16.5mb stills.
hugh4g
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Ah ha ... a thread that gets interesting...
The trick is always to shoot with the camera in portrait mode, the software likes it better...overlap by 25-30percent...the go pro just doesn't have sufficient material to make good panoramas. Fish eyes always, in my opinion, put you too far away. Making a panorama by yawing the machine in my experience works but isn't ideal.
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Hugh
The trick is always to shoot with the camera in portrait mode, the software likes it better...overlap by 25-30percent...the go pro just doesn't have sufficient material to make good panoramas. Fish eyes always, in my opinion, put you too far away. Making a panorama by yawing the machine in my experience works but isn't ideal.
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Hugh
Benjamin Kenobi
Easy? You call that easy?
There is no other way to do it except yawing the aircraft or panning the gimbal. I think people over think these bits too much rather than go out there and get results. When you're at 100m altitude you ain't gonna notice little movements.
Rentakill
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Just putting in the flight time and gaining the experience with my bird. Also studying for the ppl, why I have no idea :dejection::dejection:
https://flic.kr/p/of5xBs
https://flic.kr/p/of5xBs
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Av8Chuck
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What about something like this?
http://www.alarydesign.com/phoenix-brushless-drive-gimbals/
Well the studying might not be a lot of fun but flying is about the best thing you can do with your close on...
Benjamin Kenobi
Easy? You call that easy?
Huh? That's just another gimbal that, wait for it, pans! Gimbals pan, that's what they do. I don't think you understood my comment. This is how everyone does it, you hover in one place and pan the gimbal (which pans on the spot). It is the same as a ground mounted system. Yawing the aircraft does the same although it's more like someone holding the camera and spinning round.
Benjamin Kenobi
Easy? You call that easy?
Lisbon!
Amazing!
hexacop
HexaCop
Aerial panorama around Dachau
360° Aerial View Concentration Camp (KZ) Dachau
This is an aerial view of the former concentration camp for political prisoners (KZ) in Dachau.
And another view from the center of Dachau:
[h=3]360° Aerial View Dachau Palace[/h]
360° Aerial View Concentration Camp (KZ) Dachau
This is an aerial view of the former concentration camp for political prisoners (KZ) in Dachau.
And another view from the center of Dachau:
[h=3]360° Aerial View Dachau Palace[/h]
Av8Chuck
Member
Really nice aerial Panos. What camera,lens and gimbal did you use?
Ben, I just noticed that the link that I posted earlier went to the the generic brushless gimbal page, this is the mount that I was trying to show: https://vimeo.com/86958058
What do you guys think of this?
Ben, I just noticed that the link that I posted earlier went to the the generic brushless gimbal page, this is the mount that I was trying to show: https://vimeo.com/86958058
What do you guys think of this?
hexacop
HexaCop
You can use any lens, it 's just a matter of complexity and how many shots you need to take at around 30% overlap between all the pictures.
You will be much faster using a fisheye lens but the end result (resolution) will be better using a lens with lower FOV.
Using the 8mm Samyang lens results in a resolution of around 14.000x7.000 pixel and using the 12mm lens results in a panorama > 22.000x11.000 pixel.
I'm using the Sony Alpha 6000 with above lenses.
The first panorama above there (concentration camp) has been shot using the 12mm lens
The second has been shot using the 8mm lens, but have to admit the camera exposure time was too long in that case as I forgot to set ISO to a higher value.
My latest aerial panos can be seen here:
https://www.360cities.net/sets/image_sets/skypano
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Benjamin Kenobi
Easy? You call that easy?
That made more sense, I couldn't see that video on the website. Shame it was hard mounted though.
