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A very fine instrument in the right hands

Started Dec 24, 2016 | User reviews
PanoMax
PanoMax Contributing Member • Posts: 846
A very fine instrument in the right hands
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I knew from the reviews even before I ordered one that this was the camera I was waiting for. No, it doesn't have a lot of fancy automatic stuff to clutter it up, but it makes up for that in the incredibly detailed images that it can record. I also mounted it on my GigaPan Epic to record very high resolution panoramas up to 325 MegaPixels. The only limiting factor is the battery charge life of about 130 exposures in RAW +jpg, but that's a considerable amount of data, averaging about 45-65mb per file. (about 4-5 Gigabytes per charge) I think of it as a digital view camera.

Churn Creek, BC, Chilcotin, 200 megapixel GigaPan panorama http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/187969

Mount Athabasca, Canadian Rockies

Drumheller hoodoos

Mounted on the GigaPan

GgaPan panorama, Morinville, Alberta, DP3 Merrill

Model A Ford

St. Charles church, Edmonton, GigaPan panorama

EM-TE-TOWN museum

Birch bark

Dolls, Wetaskiwin

Canadian Tractor Museum, Westlock, Alberta, GigaPan panorama http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/188103

 PanoMax's gear list:PanoMax's gear list
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 Sigma DP3 Merrill Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 +1 more
Sigma DP3 Merrill
15 megapixels • 75 mm
Announced: Jan 8, 2013
PanoMax's score
4.5
Average community score
4.1
bad for good for
Kids / pets
okay
Action / sports
okay
Landscapes / scenery
excellent
Portraits
good
Low light (without flash)
good
Flash photography (social)
unrated
Studio / still life
excellent
= community average
larryj Forum Pro • Posts: 13,086
Re: A very fine instrument in the right hands
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Hi GigaPan:  Thanks for sharing those great images and I must say your's are an example of the right hand to use this fine instrument.

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

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Cheers,
larryj
If you can see the light, you can photograph it
Quote from Myron Woods

 larryj's gear list:larryj's gear list
Sigma SD1 Merrill Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG HSM Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 DC HSM Art +1 more
mujana Veteran Member • Posts: 8,418
Re: A very fine instrument in the right hands

PanoMax wrote:

I knew from the reviews even before I ordered one that this was the camera I was waiting for. No, it doesn't have a lot of fancy automatic stuff to clutter it up, but it makes up for that in the incredibly detailed images that it can record. I also mounted it on my GigaPan Epic to record very high resolution panoramas up to 325 MegaPixels. The only limiting factor is the battery charge life of about 130 exposures in RAW +jpg, but that's a considerable amount of data, averaging about 45-65mb per file. (about 4-5 Gigabytes per charge) I think of it as a digital view camera.

Churn Creek, BC, Chilcotin, 200 megapixel GigaPan panorama http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/187969

Mount Athabasca, Canadian Rockies

Drumheller hoodoos

Mounted on the GigaPan

GgaPan panorama, Morinville, Alberta, DP3 Merrill

Model A Ford

St. Charles church, Edmonton, GigaPan panorama

EM-TE-TOWN museum

Birch bark

Canadian Tractor Museum, Westlock, Alberta, GigaPan panorama http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/188103

Thank you for posting Dave! Wonderfull!

 mujana's gear list:mujana's gear list
Sigma DP3 Merrill Sony a7R IV Zeiss Batis 85mm F1.8 Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 +10 more
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