Panorama Resolution With 7i

ACoyl · Jun 19, 2002

What resolution do you use to take photos for a panorama shot? I noticed that most posted on the internet have been reduced in size. Which resolution is the best to use? I used the fine setting for my first panorama and after stitching the pictures together had a file so large I couldn't do much with it. I kept the full resolution picture then reduced it and saved a small one that I could email.

The only thing I could possibly do with a large file would be to print if I could find the paper that would work in my HP 1215 photo printer. Or, my camera dealer could print it for me if it is good enough.

I just ordered the Novoflex Rotating Panorama Plate from my favorite camera store. It is a simple plate that has a bubble for balance and manually rotates the camera a fixed amount so I have the proper overlap. I needed something very small to carry on trips with me. It is made in Germany but distributed here in the U.S. so I should get it within 8 to 10 days. I'll try it out and give a report on this forum.

Tricia · Jun 19, 2002

Here are a couple of threads about D7 panoramas and a new link to the website that they refer to:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1024&message=1980629
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1024&message=2313330
http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/
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Tricia
Minolta Dimage D7

David DeGomez · Jun 20, 2002

ACoyl said:
I just ordered the Novoflex Rotating Panorama Plate from my
favorite camera store. It is a simple plate that has a bubble for
balance and manually rotates the camera a fixed amount so I have
the proper overlap. I needed something very small to carry on trips
with me. It is made in Germany but distributed here in the U.S. so
I should get it within 8 to 10 days. I'll try it out and give a
report on this forum.

From the looks of this device , (

)you'll get paralax error unless you put another plate on the panorama plate that puts the lens node over the center of the panorama plate.

David DeGomez · Jun 20, 2002

ACoyl · Jun 20, 2002

The manufacturer's book at my camera store says the camera can be placed directly on the plate. I'll let you know when I get it and try it out. I've read some information about the plate being placed on top of a ball but the camera still sits on top of the plate. I couldn't look at the site you had in your post...I got a "cannot open this page" message. But, I have spent many hours at the computer looking at a lot of information on the plate. The camera dealer who is an expert on these things told me that it would work. So, we will see...

David DeGomez · Jun 21, 2002

For an explanation of parallax error check this site:
http://www.kaidan.com/nodalpoint.html

ACoyl · Jun 21, 2002

Thanks for the link.

David DeGomez said:
For an explanation of parallax error check this site:
http://www.kaidan.com/nodalpoint.html

ACoyl · Jun 21, 2002

I bought a bubble level for my hot shoe in my 7i only to get home and find that it wouldn't fit in the hot shoe. Minolta 7i has a different hot shoe than most other cameras I have owned. It works fine with my Olympus C-2500L but can't use it unless I tape it to my 7i so I'm returning it.

David DeGomez said:
For an explanation of parallax error check this site:
http://www.kaidan.com/nodalpoint.html

David DeGomez · Jun 21, 2002

ACoyl said:
I bought a bubble level for my hot shoe in my 7i only to get home
and find that it wouldn't fit in the hot shoe. Minolta 7i has a
different hot shoe than most other cameras I have owned. It works
fine with my Olympus C-2500L but can't use it unless I tape it to
my 7i so I'm returning it.

I'm very dissapointed that Minolta has so many proprietary conections. I knew about the aux power supply and remote sockets. I'm just now finding out about the hot shoe (I don't use flash much).

Jason Sampson · Jun 21, 2002

All of my panos are full resolution fine jpgs. You need at least 256MB of RAM (really that's probably a bare minimum) and I've had one test pano that required 2GB of disk space to stitch. My "stitching machine" is only a P3 667, but I have access to a dual Xeon with 2GB of mem for my big stitches..

Jason

ACoyl said:
What resolution do you use to take photos for a panorama shot? I
noticed that most posted on the internet have been reduced in size.
Which resolution is the best to use? I used the fine setting for my
first panorama and after stitching the pictures together had a file
so large I couldn't do much with it. I kept the full resolution
picture then reduced it and saved a small one that I could email.

The only thing I could possibly do with a large file would be to
print if I could find the paper that would work in my HP 1215 photo
printer. Or, my camera dealer could print it for me if it is good
enough.

I just ordered the Novoflex Rotating Panorama Plate from my
favorite camera store. It is a simple plate that has a bubble for
balance and manually rotates the camera a fixed amount so I have
the proper overlap. I needed something very small to carry on trips
with me. It is made in Germany but distributed here in the U.S. so
I should get it within 8 to 10 days. I'll try it out and give a
report on this forum.

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