Technical Notes
NEW---White Papers (Technical notes on Photography in general)---NEW
1. How to measure the focal length of a lens
2. Test Cards for adjustment of monitors and projection systems
3. An inexpensive way to measure gamma of monitors and projection systems
Panorama Notes
Glacial Valley in the Julian Alps,
Slovenia — © James
Ailward 2004
Size matters! or to be more precise, format (i.e. the ratio of width to height) matters. If a print is to be framed for exhibition or mounted for competition entry, a ratio of 10:1 is not very satisfactory. In fact, unless a print can be made several feet wide, a ratio of about 3:1 or 4:1 is best. The stitched panorama above has a format almost exactly 17:6, the same as that of several of the special panoramic cameras.
The following Technical Notes should prove a useful introduction to stitched panoramas.
1. Shooting panoramas - an introduction
3. Simple panoramic head to put the entrance pupil on the axis of rotation
4. Simple clinometer to measure pitch angle in panorama shots
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