here btw is a panorama I made this morning at the event where I saw
the video panorama guy
http://www.mediavr.com/crosswyd08.htm... one of the few benefits of very contrasty lighting like this is
that one can sometimes fudge nadirs by pretending they are just very
dark shadows :-)
Peter
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PanoToolsNG@..., "panovrx" <mediavr@...> wrote:
>
> The Pope is in Sydney and World Youth Day events start officially
> tomorrow and there are lots of media in town -- including this
morning
> this guy with this interesting looking video panorama rig
>
http://www.mediavr.com/videosystem.jpg>
>
> He wasnt very forthcoming but it seems to be I think some sort of
GigE
> digital cinema/machine vision sensor with some mirror lens I hadnt
seen
> before. One cable would be a data link, the other power maybe. He
is
> controlling his laptop with a wireless mouse. The dynamic range of
the
> screen image seemed very good considering the contrasty scene. This
is
> a good setup I thought tho not very portable. The battery at the
bottom
> would provide good stability for the monopod.
>
> There are a few pre-WYD panos on my blog -- saint's relics in town
etc
> Peter Murphy
> www.mediavr.com/blog
>
