Gigapan users?

Cheers Steve, I used one of those Manfrotto pano heads before and found it terrible. Not enough travel to accommodate the lens and body combo I was using, also the way it is designed is terrible, takes up so much room and the detent stops are very soft so you are never sure if you are taking the shot from the right point or not.

OK here's the first samples - most of them are 360 degree panoramas done with a spherical projection (360x180 degrees) stitched in PTGUI and then post processed in CS5. Original input images shot with a Nikon D700 and either a Nikon 24mm tilt shift lens or a Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 HSM lens. (The tilt shift lens is a bit too long so you can't tilt the Gigapan all the way back to get the zenith shot at the top of the panorama.)

Click on the images below to get the full size images in flickr, I have downsized them all to a maximum of 3,000 pixels tall - they were waaaaay bigger than this!

Overall conclusion - the Gigapan is a pleasure to use. If you are into this kind of stuff then consider investing, but bear in mind you will need to spend a good bit of time tinkering with your workflow to get the best out of the input images.


Main Entrance - Alcatel-Lucent Ireland by Arciphel, on Flickr


Reception Area - Alcatel-Lucent Ireland by Arciphel, on Flickr


Front Desk - Alcatel-Lucent Ireland by Arciphel, on Flickr


Bell Labs - Alcatel-Lucent Ireland by Arciphel, on Flickr


Atrium Seating - Alcatel-Lucent Ireland by Arciphel, on Flickr


Anechoic Chamber I - Alcatel-Lucent Ireland by Arciphel, on Flickr


Open Atrium Area - Alcatel-Lucent Ireland by Arciphel, on Flickr


Anechoic Chamber II - Alcatel-Lucent Ireland by Arciphel, on Flickr