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by Mark E. Davison Photos copyright 2000 Mark E. Davison. All rights reserved. I recently attended a panoramic photography workshop at the Coupeville Arts Center on Whidbey Island in Washington state, USA. Most of the workshop was devoted to experimenting with various special purpose panoramic cameras, shooting on tripods. Much to my surprise, my favorite images from the workshop were generated by shooting handheld sequences on my G2, digitizing them, and stitching them together with computer software. Here are two of the images which might interest you.
Technique: I used manual focus on the G2, guessing at the location of the hyperfocal distance. For exposure, I panned around the scene, looking at the response of the lightmeter, and chose a direction which seemed to represent an overall average, and then locked the exposure with the AEL switch. I used the 45/2.0 lens for both photos. Panoramic photos often include light sources, so its great to use a lens with high resistance to flare. Images were scanned with the Nikon LS-2000 (making sure to turn auto exposure off, so that all images in a sequence are scanned with the same settings). They were stitched together with Panavue Image Assembler (www.panavue.com). Film was Kodak Portra 400 NC.
My overall conclusion is that you should never let the lack of a panoramic camera stop you from creating a panoramic image. Just go for it! Your G camera has plenty of controls for succesful panoramic work. CommentsYou can add your comments here; in addition, they will be emailed to the contaxg@contaxg.com mailing list. [articles/panorama/panoramacomments.htm] |
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Panoramic Photography
