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Topic: Third-Party Stitchers / AutoPano Giga 3.0RC1

That last comment’s nailed it for me. I’m buying it.

Topic: General Gigapanning / 360 Virtual Tour

Is it possible to make also 360 virtual tour gigapan photos ? which program do i need for tagging and when a tag a spot that it will also take me (zoom) to that destination with a new 360 photo..or maybe a video clip or a web site link….

Topic: General Gigapanning / d3200 memory buffer problem maybe?

One option would be to add a flash sync cable (available on ebay for a few dollars) as a shutter feedback cable. It picks up the strobe signal from the EPIC and sends it to the Epic Pro as a firing confirmation. This is page 36 of the manual:

4.7 Shutter Feedback
The ‘Shutter Feedback’ function tells the EPIC Pro whether the shutter was triggered
by using the strobe signal from the PC connector or hotshoe. When ‘Shutter Feedback’
is set to ‘ON’ and a cable is connected along with a shutter speed that is less
than 1/250s the camera will attempt to take a photograph the number of times set in
the ‘Shutter Retries’ function.
1. From the EPIC Pro ‘Main Menu’, select the ‘Options’ sub menu and press OK.
2. From the ‘Options’ submenu select the ‘Expert Options’ sub menu and press OK.
3. Select the ‘Shutter Feedback’ menu item and press OK.
4. Select the ‘ON’ setting and press OK.
5. The ‘Shutter Retries’ menu item will now appear in the menu since ‘Shutter Feedback’
is set to ‘ON’. Select the ‘Shutter Retries’ menu item and press OK.
6. Select the number of times that you want the EPIC Pro to retry triggering the
shutter and press OK.
7. Connect the optional user supplied cables PC end to the camera body’s PC
connector. Connect the mini plug end of the cable to the remote trigger port of
the EPIC Pro. The remote trigger port is located underneath the right hand side
of the EPIC Pro LCD panel. Note, that you can buy a hotshoe adapter if your
camera does not have a PC port.
NOTE: The ‘Shutter Feedback’ function is good at detecting when the shutter has not
been actuated, but it may not detect a successful shutter trigger after a failure. So
once you see that a shutter failure has occurred, watch the retries by the EPIC Pro.

Topic: General Gigapanning / d3200 memory buffer problem maybe?

Thanks for the help Mosley. I am using the EPIC Pro and this is a big help. I just got my Epic just before going on vacation so I’m learning it on the fly as to spending the time to learn it properly. I have the “fast” memory card. Since I am using the 105 and 300 zooms I will want to adjust both of the setting.

Update:
In my research into the Nikon D3200 I found in David Busch’s D3200 book in the Continuous Shooting section that the D3200 saves to the memory buffer to allow for the fast frame rate. The shot is then saved to the memory card if it is a RAW. IF it is a RAW + JPEG or a JPEG, the JPEG is created from the RAW before the save to the memory card takes place. This explains some of the “lost” pictures and camera hang ups some have talked about in the forum. At least for the D3200. I have not tried my D90 yet.

Topic: Embedding / Embedding Sample Code -- fullscreen, snapshots, large views

Hi Joe,
Great work on the new code that’s now compatible with Android devices! I’m using it on my site www.gigapixel.com. Thanks!

Topic: General Gigapanning / d3200 memory buffer problem maybe?

You could increase Time/Exposure or set a pre-trigger delay. Either of these will increase the time between exposures and allow the camera’s buffer to catch up. You’ll have finer control with the Time/Exposure setting. The difference is that Time/Exposure increases the time BEFORE the imager moves to the next position, while pre-trigger delay adds a pause AFTER the imager moves, but before it fires the shutter. Pre-trigger delay is typically used to let longer lenses “settle” (stop vibrating) from the movement of the imager.

You should also look at the speed rating of the memory card that you’re using. A faster card will clear the camera’s buffer more quickly.

I assume that you’re using an Epic Pro. On the other imagers, increasing Time per Pic is your only option

Topic: General Gigapanning / d3200 memory buffer problem maybe?

When I shoot a gigapan 360 that would be about 258 shoots at 6 rows I seem to be running into memory buffer problems. I’m in manual mode and around shot 178 it seems to stop shooting. What do I need to slow down on the gigapan so that I don’t overload the camera buffer?

Topic: General Gigapanning / problems with the sky

That looks like lens vignetting to me. Did you select vignette correction in stitch or Autopano? If not, try that first. If so, you might try running the images through lens correction in Photoshop instead, if you have it.

Topic: General Gigapanning / problems with the sky

j’ai eu un résultat pas mal en utilisant le flou gaussien a environs 300 puis masque

Topic: General Gigapanning / problems with the sky

ps, i tried with autopano giga 3 and giga stich, same result

Topic: General Gigapanning / problems with the sky

i used 5DII +70-200/4is at F11 and i don’t know how to erase the black lines in the sky .
thank you for your help
http://gigapan.com/gigapans?query=frontenac

Topic: Gigapan Mechanism / Placing a gird on a gigapan image.

Hello J Groves,

Welcome to Gigapan community.

There would be ways of overlaying a grid on a Gigapan.

A couple half baked examples are here:
http://www.gigamacro.com/gigamacro_viewer/gigam…=

and here

http://www.3d-360.com/3d/63526-129514-360-360 (its anaglyphed is why the colors are off, put on some 3D glasses)

Both are tools meant for other purposes so not exactly what you are seeking.

It would be possible to program an example together using canvas html5.

Jason

Topic: Gigapan Mechanism / Placing a gird on a gigapan image.

I am attemtping to use Gigapan photographs as a means of calculating canopy cover in forested areas. I was wondering if anybody knew of a way to put grids over my gigapan images, ideally the versions seen in the KML files used with google earth. I have access to GIS software and this would be my preferred method, but any ingenius work arounds would be awesome. Thanks!

Topic: Stitch / GigaPan Stitch 2.2 Beta Software Release

Hi Kent,

This affects Stich.Efx and Stitch software. Thanks!

Topic: General Gigapanning / Gigapan wish list

Got to agree on the analytics – as a newcomer it’s annoying not being able to find out where they’re being linked from/to.

Got to agree on the gearing – too much lash. A retro kit would be good which will tighten up the gearing on the head.

Topic: Upload / Problems with Image Upload

Okay…figured it out.

The problem with TIFF upload is due to GEOTIFF file headers being misread.
Strip the offending headers out and things work again.
Globalmapper 14 for example has an option not to write the headers into the TIFF.

Topic: Stitch / GigaPan Stitch 2.2 Beta Software Release

I have Stitch.Efx. Do any of these changes affect efx, or are there changes coming for efx?

Topic: Upload / Problems with Image Upload

TIff files (exported from ArcGIS} give following error message when attempt is made to upload/

Upload aborted: Error while verifying image
C:\test.tif (DiskImageResourceTIFF (read)
Error: Reads not contiguous) The file may be corrupt or the wrong format.

Trying all different TIFF compression options from ArcGIS (RLE, LZW, JPEG, NONE)
same same error on upload attempt. Request sent to Tech support already.

Attempt to upload a PNG format (export from ArcMap) actually crashes the Uploader.

JPEG works (but JPEG has a file size limit)

What format are people use for bigger files?
What is the trick required to make TIFF work?

Upload Support for either JPEG2000, MrSID ot ECW would really help.

Best regards,

Landmine Mapper

Topic: Embedding / Embedding Sample Code -- fullscreen, snapshots, large views

Hey Everyone —

Updated the code posted to github (as well as at the links earlier in this thread) to use the new mobile device support code. It can be tested by setting the user agent for your browser to an iOS or Android device.

The SeaDragon stuff (the underlying technology for mobile devices) is pretty cool, but there are a couple things I’d like to change:
1. A “view-all” type button that effectively resets the view to the default state. The flash version has this and it’s very handy to get back to where you started.
2. When selecting between snapshots, the view needs to zoom-out before going to the next snapshot — also like the flash version. With the current implementation it’s easy to lose perspective of where you are in the overall image.

I may hack into these issues in the future.

— Joe

Topic: Stitch / GigaPan Stitch 2.2 Beta Software Release

Hello Glen,

No. Stitch/Stitch Efx ‘ignores’ GPS tags, so nothing is affected in the stitching process.

Topic: Stitch / GigaPan Stitch 2.2 Beta Software Release

“Miscellaneous changes have been made to the EXIF code, which is used to extract information from input images, such as camera model, exposure time, aperture, focal length, and time of image capture. Some of these, including focal length, width, and height, affect alignment.”

- does it transfer GPS info, if it is present in the EXIF file?

Topic: Upload / GigaPan Upload 2.2 Beta Software Release

GigaPan announces new beta versions of its gigapixel photography upload software. The Upload application include improved image export capabilities and increased support for larger file types.

NEW FEATURES AND FIXES IN 2.2

New GigaPan Stitch file export features:

- Support BigTIFF files – TIFF files larger than 4 gigabytes can now be written in Stitch or read in GigaPan Upload
- GigaPan Upload now supports Photoshop PSB files wider than 300,000 pixels

GigaPan Upload can read BigTIFF files:

- Miscellaneous changes have been made to the EXIF code, which is used to extract information from input images, such as camera model, exposure time, aperture, focal length, and time of image capture. Some of these, including focal length, width, and height, affect alignment.

Topic: Stitch / GigaPan Stitch 2.2 Beta Software Release

NEW FEATURES AND FIXES IN 2.2

To download GigaPan Stitch 2.2 Beta software, please visit: http://gigapan.com/cms/shop/download-the-gigapa…

New GigaPan Stitch file export features:

- It is now possible to export to TIFF, JPEG, PNG or Photoshop Raw. Image size can be full size, half size, 1/4 size, 1/8 size, etc.

- File size estimates and warnings are given about size limits (e.g., JPEGs can’t be wider than 65,500 pixels, and Classic TIFFs can’t be larger than 4 gigabytes).

- As export starts, disk space and file system checks are made, including user warnings and advice (e.g., on FAT32 file system, common on USB sticks, the max file size is 4 gigabytes).

- Support for BigTIFF file format has been added, which is a dialect of TIFF that allows sizes larger than 4 gigabytes. Please note that few applications support BigTIFF fully (e.g., Photoshop CS6, for example, can read BigTIFF but cannot write it).

- When exporting, EXIF tags record the DateTimeOriginal of the input images and set the Software tag to document that images were written by GigaPan Stitch. The former feature is useful if you use a photo organizer such as iPhoto and like to arrange your images chronologically. EXIF is only written to TIFFs and JPEGs, not other formats.

GigaPan Upload can read BigTIFF files:

Miscellaneous changes have been made to the EXIF code, which is used to extract information from input images, such as camera model, exposure time, aperture, focal length, and time of image capture. Some of these, including focal length, width, and height, affect alignment.

Bug Fixes

- When users cancel a stitch, rearrange images, and stitch, the program will no longer crash.

- PSB files wider than 300,000 pixels will no longer report an error.

- TIFFs written by Nikon ViewNX software (and some others) will no longer mis-read EXIF files. In the past, this has caused bad alignment (e.g. gigapans with modest field of view were mistaken for 360×180 spheres).

Tips and Tricks:

1. When entering your license key, be sure not to leave extraneous spaces in the entry field; our system thinks the extra spaces are extraneous characters and won’t accept the license key.

2. The download for GigaPan Stitch is bundled with the Stitch.Efx trial mode. This won’t affect performance of the basic Stitch program, and the ‘trial mode’ message will either end after the 14-day trial period expires or you can decide to purchase Stitch.Efx. You can confirm this by going to the Help Menu > License, where it specifies which version you have and how many days are remaining in Efx trial mode.

3. The GigaPan Stitch Manual is located at http://www.gigapan.com/cms/manuals/epic-pro-sti…

For more information, please read our press release: http://gigapan.com/cms/pdf/stitchbeta2-2.pdf

Topic: General Gigapanning / Professional Gigapan Job Request

Hi everyone,

We have a client who is requesting a gigapan image of their stadium. Eventually they want this to be able to be tagged by their customers (on social channels) and I am really quite new to this. I’m actually a video producer, but this project landed on my lap today and I need to get an estimate done for it. Our local rental house has the Epic Pro system available and we have a Canon Mark III with a variety of lenses. Quick questions:

1. Is there a forum for photographers who specialize in this work and could be local for-hire for the day? Or is it safe to assume a hired local photographer could figure this out (sorry, I know it sounds pretty ignorant on this topic!)

2. Would a 70-200mm lens work for shooting an entire stadium at a resolution where someone could find themselves? Do we need to be looking into a telephoto lens?

Anyways, any help in this area would be MOST appreciated. Thank you SO much!

Arianna

Topic: Low-light Gigapanning / Using in low light

Michael Lloyd, te cuento mi pequeña experiencia en http://gigapan.com/gigapans/112938, está hecha con un 35mm en una Eos 1DsMII a unos tiempos de 15 seg. en 8 columnas y 3 filas. En ese tiempo (15 seg) el movimiento de la tierra no produce estelas en las estrellas,en cada foto,pero el conjunto del cielo sí se mueve en los 50 minutos que duran todas las exposiciones (dark, light,bios y flat). Por tanto debes considerar por un lado el cielo y por otro la tierra, todo el cielo se moverá y la tierra no.