360 degree pictures....Next generation photography

[Ray S S]

Ok, Here are some sites that you definitely want to visit. This is absolutely incredible. Not only does it go
all around you, but it also goes up and down to see different areas. you can zoom in with your mouse
roller. I was looking at some places on the rock and in the woods that were almost underfoot and I was
able to see close enough to see if there were any coins laying in the dirt or gravel. You could almost see
if there was an ant crawling. LOL.

Click on the pictures below and when they come up, click and drag your mouse in any direction, horizontal,
or up and down. And like I said you can zoom in with your roller. It's time to go sight-seeing with some
fantastic photography. Enjoy this until your heart's content.

Ray

http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas/SulpherCreek_swf.html

http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas/DoubleArch1_swf.html

http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas/paysonC_swf.html

http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas_2/AztecButte_swf.html

http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas_3/GrandView.html

 

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[Smee]

Don't know if this is how they do it, but my camera has what is called "panoramic" mode. It is actually a composite of several pictures.

I can take a picture in panaroma mode, move on to the next shot and it will help me align the camera so that the images can be easily "stitched" (the term used for joining the two or more pictures seamlessly) together, then go on to the next shot in the panorama.

My camera only allows 3 pics to be assembled in this manner, but others will allow more.

 

[TheDane]

Very nice !

Watch this stunning worlds most powerful zoomable photo.
Over 70 billion pixels, 360 degrees view of the hungarian capital of Budapest and surroundings.
Zoom the picture, and you will be surprised !!
You can almost enter peoples livingrooms at a distance of many miles.

http://70gigapixel.cloudapp.net/index_en.html
(loading can take a bit of time)

Here a film about how it was made:

 

[Frankn]

All those pictures were fantastic.
I spent way to much time looking at that 70 billion pixel picture. I was looking for the seam. That is the beginning/end. I found it once, but I could not look at it long enough to find it again. There is a VERY thin white line and the stitching does not match. There are two red traffic signs with white car outlines there. At that point the sat dishes are pointed to the right of the screen. The blurred image just after it stops moving before it fine focuses started to get to me.

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[Ray S S]

Thanks for all your replies.

tee that is a good question.

Smee Wow, that sounds like a great camera to have on vacation. Especially in mountainous areas or rolling
land. Better than binoculars. And you can keep the picture if you want to. Best of both worlds.

Dane, Those were great. Thanks for sharing.

Frankn you have sharp eyes.

Ray

 

[HMS Beagle]

This is not really new, this tech has been around since the mid 90's. It can be done with any camera. But, I am always delighted when more people "discover" it. I have been shooting these since 1999 and always enjoy first timers reaction. Do a search for where ever you live followed by VR or 360 panorama, interactive panorama etc. There are between 2000-3000 people worldwide who actively shoot full spherical interactive panoramas, we have covered a lot of places with them.
Beagle

 

[Ray S S]

HMS Beagle, Wow! I had no idea that it has been around for so long a time or that it has so many people using it.
I did see one on an email a few months ago but it was on an attachment and I couldn't save it. But it was not
nearly as pretty as these are. I really love the scenery on these four.

Thank you for you reply.

Ray

 

[hammered]

Hi Ray, great pics . I remember when I was at school, when we had the yearly "Panoramic Photo" taken. One year, a young scallywag decided, after working out the process, to appear in the same photo 3 times . This he managed, it was a clock work camera that swiveled from left to right , from the photographers point of view. The first proof showed Sid at the beginning, then the middle, then the end, all of us helping him to climb the levels then descend. Of course it had to be taken again, the shame is I don't have a copy, and Sid took his own life a few years ago having suffered a personal loss during 9/11. He had the only existing proof that this happened, but I will always remember it , with fondness.


hammered

 

[Ray S S]

hammered, that sounds like it would have been an interesting photo. Too bad it wasn't saved and sorry to
hear that he took his own life.

Thank you for a very interesting reply.

Ray

 

[allen]

that is so neat !

 

[Ray S S]

Thanks Allen, I'm glad you enjoyed them.

Ray

 

[Smee]

Smee Wow, that sounds like a great camera to have on vacation. Especially in mountainous areas or rolling
land. Better than binoculars. And you can keep the picture if you want to. Best of both worlds.

I've owned several Fuji cameras. The one I use right now is an S1800 (I think). Every one I've had has the "Panorama" mode, but this is the first one I've used it on. Love the camera, looks and feels like the old 35mm SLR cameras I used to use. You can either use the large screen on the back of the camera, or use the smaller one inside the viewfinder . . . which makes it feel even more familiar.

If it were still available, I would really recommend it for anyone making the switch to digital.