http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/ PanoTools NG Sat, 18 May 2013 00:54:55 GMT panovrx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56622 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56622 Here is an example video with a 10.5mm Nikkor at f2.8 1/30th on a 5DmkIII at 1280ISO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwuSb2uur0Q If you want to try this I think Fri, 17 May 2013 19:18:53 GMT giant_klobasa_monster http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56621 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56621 Why is 8 elements better than 6? Better correction of CA, vignetting, etc.? I thought fewer elements would be better, all things considered. although in Thu, 16 May 2013 13:34:08 GMT Mark D. Fink http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56620 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56620 Must be nice to have an unlimited budget... http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/15/tech/web/google-maps-overhaul/index.html?hpt=h p_c4 Mark Thu, 16 May 2013 05:23:10 GMT jimbo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56619 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56619 Hi again Peter.. You are correct.. 14 bit Raw , I agree, would certainly be an incredible improvement over what technology is currently available. and yes from Thu, 16 May 2013 03:22:16 GMT panovrx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56618 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56618 Yes but HDMI capture just gives you less compression, not raw dynamic range or raw color correction capability. HDMI capture is like going from jpg at Low Thu, 16 May 2013 01:03:55 GMT jimbo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56617 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56617 Peter, If your looking at video capture.. consider looking into an Atomos Ninja also.. I'm not intimate with their use with a Canon except to say that they Wed, 15 May 2013 22:56:27 GMT panovrx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56616 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56616 As has been in the news lately the Magic Lantern developers have managed to get raw video from Canon DSLRs. For panorama makers this has a lot of potential for Wed, 15 May 2013 21:56:24 GMT panovrx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56615 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56615 Latency and drift are problems with tracking things. Roll and pitch are not subject to drift but yaw is. A handheld camera can move a lot between frames at Wed, 15 May 2013 19:16:57 GMT Bruno Postle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56614 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56614 ... Such logging hardware exists, though I have no idea if it has ever been connected to a 360° video rig... I was just noticing that stabilising these rigs Wed, 15 May 2013 11:08:01 GMT Roberto Mancuso http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56613 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56613 Ciao Bruno, very interesting suggetion, but you could need a device able to record the inclination data....gopro doesn¹t have a similar device...does it? rob Tue, 14 May 2013 20:51:25 GMT Bruno Postle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56612 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56612 ... It shouldn't be necessary to stabilise the entire rig with this heavy equipment, a better solution would be to log the inclination during recording and use Tue, 14 May 2013 08:28:12 GMT Giorgio Marchetto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56611 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56611 HI panofriends With the new gopro based 360 video hardware: 360rig and 360heros and the upcoming fast stitching video software: VideoStitch and KAVA (Kolor Mon, 13 May 2013 22:26:46 GMT panovrx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56610 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56610 The Rift HMD seems to be getting a lot of interest as a (2D) 360 video viewer. eg. from a mainstream 360 video maker Sun, 12 May 2013 09:43:03 GMT nburtey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56609 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56609 ... Thank you Ayrton for the precision ! :-) You will use VideoStitch, and more generally 360 videos to have more "life" in your panorama. But it's still a Sun, 12 May 2013 09:22:12 GMT nburtey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56608 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PanoToolsNG/message/56608 ... Exactly !