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Re: [OM] Couple vertical panoramics

Subject: Re: [OM] Couple vertical panoramics
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:06:03 -0400
Thanks.

Chuck Norcutt

Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Some people regard a true panoramic camera as one with a moving or  
> swinging lens - Nobelx, Widelux, Horizon, etc., or even the whole  
> camera rotating.  Something like a Linhof 6x17 is a wide format camera  
> taking a letterbox shaped image with a wide rectilinear lens. With  
> this little compact and other Sony's with the feature, you 'swing' or  
> sweept the camera and get the consequent distortion. That bridge is  
> curved but the swing has straightened it out.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
> 
> On 28/10/2009, at 8:58 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 
>> Looks good to me.  I didn't understand "swing" vs "letterbox".
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Andrew Fildes wrote:
>>> http://www.pbase.com/afildes/sony_panoramas
>>> Andrew Fildes
>>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm just playing with a new Sony TX-1 compact -
>>>> Small sensor quality but fast and you can keep redoing it to get it
>>>> right and it's real pano - swing not letterbox.
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