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A technique for creating images that offer a wide view of a scene, where the image width is usually significantly wider than the image's height. Panorama images can be created by cropping or, more commonly, by "stitching" several images together to create the larger image.

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Are there any digital cameras that support a preview for a panorama crop while shooting?

I'd like to force myself to shoot panoramic (2:1 or greater) shots occasionally. It would be nice if I could do this in camera. I'd prefer it to be RAW. It could be as simple as frame lines in the ...
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Why is there a straight line across each 35mm photo (taken with Noblex swing lens panoramic)?

Would love any insight to this line across each photo from a roll of 35mm film taken with my new (used) Noblex Pro Sport. The line appears at the same height on each and every photo, but is brighter/...
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Create a panorama from main camera footage of TV sports broadcasts

I am looking for the possibility to create a panorama of a stadium/arena just by using the regular footage from the main camera of a TV sports broadcast. By that I mean I'd like to find a way to ...
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Compute yaw/pitch/roll in Hugin from known elevations and azimuths

I'm trying to create a pano with an accurately positioned horizon, i.e. I would like that the horizontal line in the middle of the output picture represents 0° elevation and the left/right borders are ...
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What software should I use to view a photo like this?

Should I use some specific software/app to open it? I have tried panorama / spherical viewers but failed to open the picture properly. Here is the photo: This is what I expect: https://www.youtube....
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How can I find photos in a folder that could be stitched together in a panorama?

I've got lots of photos (sorted in directories with maybe 50-200 shots in each), and many times I've taken a series of photos I wanted to stitch together into a panorama and then I forgot about them ...
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Hugin how to force stitch panorama photo

I'm trying to use Hugin to stitch a series of photos taken indoors, sequentially from left to right. However whenever it comes to walls / doorways, even with overlapping features between photos, Hugin ...
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Ghosting with HDR panorama using hugin

I took a few images of sunset with a tripod (each shot with -3EV and +3EV). I'm working with Hugin. Setting control points I have done manually. Since I'm encountering heavily ghosting issues I ...
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Is it possible to install a filter (or remove one) in a Noblex camera without wasting/exposing film?

Noblex rotating-lens panoramic cameras have the lens inside a drum, which rotates to take a photo, recording a ~130° angle of view on film. Because the lens is inside this rotating drum, there is a ...
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How I can improve the quality of this panorama picture?

I took a panorama picture with my Google Pixel 6 (default camera application + Android 12): If one looks a bit close to it, the image is a low-quality. E.g., zooming-in on the top left corner: How I ...
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When creating a panorama with Hugin, how can I disable blending images?

I've created a panorama in Hugin and done the best I can at aligning them. However, it seems some small misalignment persists, causing blur when the images are combined: As I understand it, the phase ...
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Why does Hugin distort the output image?

I am trying to create a batch process for stitching images together with Hugin, however I end up with distorted images, and can't find out why. As an example I am using these two images: And using ...
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What should I look for in a swing-lens panoramic camera?

Which features should I look for in a swing-lens panoramic camera (also called short rotation or rotating lens cameras). Which features should I avoid? There are so many options, I found the following ...
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panorama apparent angles

I enjoy driving past an orchard or vineyard and seeing the paths open up when you are in line with the trees/vines. I have wanted to get to the edge of one and take a panorama to show that. I got a ...
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Hugin 360 problems

I'm new to Hugin. I've been having problems with stitching a 360 panorama together. Could you please help me with what am i doing wrong?
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Panoramas with a Ball Head

I am wondering how much of an issue it is to use a ball head to take panorama images. The problem comes from the fact that even for ball heads with a rotating base, if one wants to take a panorama, ...
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PanoTools Scripting

I have a series of microscope images that I'm trying to stitch together. In all cases the images are made by horizontally shifting the stage. Autostitch does an absolutely wonderful job. ...
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What aperture to use to get the same DOF as in a panoramic image

When I take a panorama with a 80mm lens at F/2.0 on a fullframe body such that the resulting image has a equivalent field of view of a 50mm lens on the same body, what would then be the equivalent ...
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Output panorama shows color shift wrt input image [Hugin]

I'm using Hugin to create a panorama of a countryside vista. I have three input images to create the panorama. The three images were shot in RAW, same camera settings for all three images, and ...
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Panoramic clamp interferes with ballhead clamp

I'm using a panoramic head and a nodal slide for taking one row panoramas. However there is a knob to adjust the tension of the rotation mechanism and it is quite low so it always interferes with my ...
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How to stop colour "banding" between frames when creating a panorama using Photoshop's Camera Raw

Ive taken some photographs using a DSLR on a tripod that i moved from left to right to create source files for a panorama. The image files from the DLSR are raw. Ive opened them in photoshop camera ...
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Things to look for in a camera to match cameraphone image quality

I have a 10-year old "upper-entry" level DSLR. I am considering upgrading to a new camera, but I am interested in knowing what sorts of things to look for that will allow it to match the image "...
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What methods exist for time-lapse photography? (Over multiple days)

So, I've been trying to get into taking time-lapse photos. I already have a number of sample images of melting snow, in panorama. (I'd like to do all four seasons somewhere.) My question is: what ...
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Reason for slanting in an arc on the far left and right when panning on a tripod?

I use a full-frame camera with a ball head (with panning base) on a tripod, to take multiple shots (e.g. 6 positions from left to right) to stitch into a panoramic photo. Typically, I'm shooting at ...
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How to stitch multiple flat virtual images in a grid with Hugin or other FOSSoftware?

I am trying to stitch together screenshots of a map, so that I can get a higher resolution version of it to later vectorize and work with. The screenshots will have to be aligned in a grid of 3x3 or ...
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Which kinds of tripod heads are suitable for panoramic photography?

I'm looking to buy a tripod, but unsure which heads fit my usecase and my budget of about €250. Specifically, the usecase split between panoramic, 'regular travel' and macro photography, with ...
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How can I create a distortion-free high-resolution panoramic image of a three dimensional forest from a short distance?

I am building a house at the moment. At the north side of the house there is a forest. I wanted to create a very-high res photo of the forest to create a photo wallpaper (rug? what is the correct ...
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Why does merging JPEGs to panorama in Photoshop increase file size by 100x?

When I merge 5 photos which are 5 MB JPGs into a panorama by choosing "Merge to panorama in Photoshop" from Lightroom, and save the resulting image as a .TIF, the file size becomes 650MB! Then, when I ...
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How does Alan Burke shoot panoramic landscapes with his 4x5 LF camera?

I have a little bit of a desire to research how this professional photographer uses a 4x5 to shoot a panoramic landscape... Alex Burke What is his method for producing these wide format prints from ...
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How to Content Aware Fill with Lightroom / Photoshop without converting from raw to tiff

I have a panorama that has some white space I can't really crop out. I tried merging in Photoshop and it had an option to content aware fill empty spots. This worked out almost perfectly. The issue is ...
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Queuing panorama rendering on Lightroom

I have a whole bunch of panoramas to render on Lightroom. The problem is that when I render one, my PC is dying and I can't really do much with it, much less continue using Lightroom to develop other ...
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Panoramic medium format film camera with rise/fall function

I'm interested about panoramic film cameras. However I'd like to know if any of them offer a shift function, as I could not find any. I also wonder what is the purpose of the metal grid structure ...
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Stitching photos of a spherical panorama with mainly low contrast areas

My goal is to take a 360°-180°-panorama with a single camera inside a room. The problem is that this room is mostly white, so a stitcher(I use Microsoft ICE) has issues connecting the images if you ...
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How to make my panorama interactive?

This panorama is interactive, this isn't. How do I make my panorama interactive? I guess it's either an EXIF flag or a specific format. Ideally I'm looking for something free which works on Linux. ...
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How to take panoramic photos on a 35mm film camera without cropping?

I would like to take pictures on my 35mm film camera that are wider/longer. Is there any way to do that on a film camera without just cropping the photo? Can I use different sizes on film on my camera ...
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Looking for a Hugin PTO viewer standalone app, or just a simple way of viewing my panoramas!

Because so many panoramic tools have come and gone unmaintained over the years, I'm having trouble finding a good tool to view panoramas. In short, I want something like IrfanView, but that also ...
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Can digital cameras easily take panoramic photographs?

I am remembering the days of the old analog cameras that were equipped with a panoramic switch at the top left rim of the camera (Kodak 120?). You could look into the viewfinder and see the panoramic ...
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What can I do to improve my panoramas [closed]

I'm currently experimenting with mountain/countryside panoramas, using a Sigma 105mm f/2.5 DG macro HSM lens adapted to my EOS-M5. Here's my set of basic rules for making a set of photos to be ...
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HDR Panorama - Best workflow? [duplicate]

Still trying to wrap my head around panoramas. I am using bracketed RAW photos and have merged using lightroom. Now, it is best to pick a single image, colour correct it and sync the settings across ...
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How can I identify in advance if the air is going to be clear or not?

When shooting a panorama it is very important that the air is as clear as possible, so that the entire scene is lit evenly. But how can I predict in advance if the air is going to be particularly ...
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Can I make an in-camera multi-row panorama (Brenizer) with my Fuji camera?

I recently tried the Brenizer method but found that it is tedious compared to just using the panoramic mode on my Fuji XT-10 which automatically stitches the photos together. The problem is that I can ...
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Can I stitch and blend bracketed panoramas using Hugin, as opposed to PTGui (as shown in linked video)?

ADPPro's YouTube video How To Stitch and Blend Bracketed Panoramas shows how to reuse the setting from one set of images having a normal exposure and apply the exact same transformation on the second ...
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How do I export a high-res panorama with ICE?

Can I export high resolution panoramas with Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor)? When I add my photos, it only allows me to export a final image 5120px wide, but if I create it with PTGui I can ...
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How do you explain to an inexperienced person how to take photos for you to make a panorama?

There are several inexperienced people that I need to take photos of rooms so I can create 360° x 180°-spherical panoramic images from them. The problem is, that they always misunderstand what to do. ...
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Hugin panorama stitching: how to set control points with exposure stacks

When I stitch a panorama with Hugin from exposure stacks, should I create control points for each exposure or only for one exposure per stack?
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Using Sony A6000 and Sony 55-210mm lens with camera in Pano mode to avoid changing lenses

I am in the market for an A6000 body and an all in one lens. I looked at the options that I have and it seems that E mount lenses come from Tamron and Sony but both are too expensive 750CAD-900CAD. I ...
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Can i stop a 'Easy Panorama' manually on my Nikon D3300?

Can i stop a panorama manually on my Nikon D3300? I have looked in my user's manual and it just says it will stop automatically at the end. Is there any way i can stop it before?
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360° Spherical Panorama using 4 camera on the edges of a car possible?

Is it possible / practical to stitch a panorama from 4 photos take from different positions (edges of a car's roof)? I would choose the edges of the roof instead of a single position, to avoid ...
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Camera intrinsics from panoramic cutouts

I have a large database of streetside panoramic images (similar to google maps). Each image is a stitched panorama. I convert this panorama from equirectangular to a cubic projection and obtain six ...
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How high resolution can a picture be before the human eye stops caring?

I found an article discussing a collective that sells ludicrously high resolution panoramas, at least one of which is comprised of over 1000 images with a resolution of 7 gigapixels. Other than ...
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