A nice picture
 

Here's a switch: A real picture--instead of some silly debate about
Megapixels.

http://www.pbase.com/image/23436469

This is stitched from 8 separate shots using Max Lyons' "PTAssembler"
front-end for Panotools. It was the ONLY software that would get the
stitching right---I was leaning out of a hotel window and was lucky to
get the shot at all---much less hold the camera level.

Taken with a Canon A40 (2Mpixels) The full-resolution file prints
nicely at 8" x 30"

Thanks to the folks in this NG that put me on to PTAssembler:

http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm

-Mark
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Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".

Re: A nice picture
 

VERY nice!!

Thanks.



Mark Herring wrote:

> Here's a switch: A real picture--instead of some silly debate about
> Megapixels.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/23436469
>
> This is stitched from 8 separate shots using Max Lyons' "PTAssembler"
> front-end for Panotools. It was the ONLY software that would get the
> stitching right---I was leaning out of a hotel window and was lucky to
> get the shot at all---much less hold the camera level.
>
> Taken with a Canon A40 (2Mpixels) The full-resolution file prints
> nicely at 8" x 30"
>
> Thanks to the folks in this NG that put me on to PTAssembler:
>
> http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm
>
> -Mark
> **************************
> Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
> Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".

Re: A nice picture
 

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:02:49 -0800, Mark Herring
<Nomarkh@surfcity.net> wrote:

>Here's a switch: A real picture--instead of some silly debate about
>Megapixels.
>
>http://www.pbase.com/image/23436469
>
>This is stitched from 8 separate shots using Max Lyons' "PTAssembler"
>front-end for Panotools. It was the ONLY software that would get the
>stitching right---I was leaning out of a hotel window and was lucky to
>get the shot at all---much less hold the camera level.
>
>Taken with a Canon A40 (2Mpixels) The full-resolution file prints
>nicely at 8" x 30"
>
>Thanks to the folks in this NG that put me on to PTAssembler:
>
>http://www.tawbaware.com/ptasmblr.htm
>
>-Mark
>**************************
>Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
>Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".


Thanks for posting this. After you replied to my email with the
separate pics that you used to assemble it and the final, I wanted to
ask for a higher res copy of it, but didn't want to bother you more.
:)

Very sweet picture. Thanks for posting the link

John

Re: A nice picture
 

"Mark Herring" <Nomarkh@surfcity.net> wrote in message
news:hlmlrv463u7r806mhap1djm6378ls737lc@4ax.com...
> Here's a switch: A real picture--instead of some silly debate about
> Megapixels.

How did you manage to keep the lines straight? When you turn the camera, the
lines necessarily change direction. Was that the reason for the 8 shots?

Juan

Re: A nice picture
 

According to Juan R. Pollo <jrpollo@worldnet.att.net>:
> How did you manage to keep the lines straight? When you turn the
> camera, the lines necessarily change direction. Was that the reason
> for the 8 shots?

Yeah, you want to keep the segments as thin (small) as possible to reduce the
wide-angle distortion.

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Re: A nice picture
 

>
>
>Thanks for posting this. After you replied to my email with the
>separate pics that you used to assemble it and the final, I wanted to
>ask for a higher res copy of it, but didn't want to bother you more.

Highest resolution that I will let out of my house!!
>
>Very sweet picture. Thanks for posting the link
>
>John

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Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".

Re: A nice picture
 

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:49:43 GMT, "Juan R. Pollo"
<jrpollo@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>
>"Mark Herring" <Nomarkh@surfcity.net> wrote in message
>news:hlmlrv463u7r806mhap1djm6378ls737lc@4ax.com.. .
>> Here's a switch: A real picture--instead of some silly debate about
>> Megapixels.
>
>How did you manage to keep the lines straight? When you turn the camera, the
>lines necessarily change direction. Was that the reason for the 8 shots?
>
>Juan
Not sure I understand----Panotools does not care which way the camera
is turned---everything is done with control points. I put the camera
vertical to get more pixels. 8 shots was probably overkill---I was
just firing away, making sure I had overlap.

-Mark

**************************
Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".

Re: A nice picture
 

"Mark Herring" <Nomarkh@surfcity.net> wrote in message
news:hlmlrv463u7r806mhap1djm6378ls737lc@4ax.com...
> Here's a switch: A real picture--instead of some silly debate about
> Megapixels.
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/23436469
>
> This is stitched from 8 separate shots using Max Lyons' "PTAssembler"
> front-end for Panotools. It was the ONLY software that would get the
> stitching right---I was leaning out of a hotel window and was lucky to
> get the shot at all---much less hold the camera level.

Quite good Mark! One question though. Sunrise at 3:35 AM?

Re: A nice picture
 

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:16:17 -0600, "PhotoMan" <photoman@wfeca.net>
wrote:

>
>"Mark Herring" <Nomarkh@surfcity.net> wrote in message
>news:hlmlrv463u7r806mhap1djm6378ls737lc@4ax.com.. .
>> Here's a switch: A real picture--instead of some silly debate about
>> Megapixels.
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/image/23436469
>>
>> This is stitched from 8 separate shots using Max Lyons' "PTAssembler"
>> front-end for Panotools. It was the ONLY software that would get the
>> stitching right---I was leaning out of a hotel window and was lucky to
>> get the shot at all---much less hold the camera level.
>
>Quite good Mark! One question though. Sunrise at 3:35 AM?
>
7:17 AM......

Through the miracles of sampling, resampling, and the sun angle, the
big hand looks more like the little hand. (In the full-res file, I
can just barely see which is which.

They tell me that this clock is tied to an atomic clock. Plus, my
$29.95 Timex was in moderate agreement......
**************************
Mark Herring, Pasadena, Calif.
Private e-mail: Just say no to "No".

Re: A nice picture
 

On 18-Nov-2003, Mark Herring <Nomarkh@surfcity.net> wrote:

> Here's a switch: A real picture--instead of some silly debate about
> Megapixels.

> Taken with a Canon A40 (2Mpixels) The full-resolution file prints
> nicely at 8" x 30"

That's a really nice 8x30 pic for 2Mp! I kind of wonder where that plays
into the resolution at all with some of these cameras. My Fuji, which is
rated at 4 something interpolated, 2 somethng real, comes out with pictures
similar to this. I wonder why people find it hard to believe it.

Harry


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