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02/27/2009 06:49:47 AM · #1 |
Can U believe this - the technology is mind-boggling!
This is a photograph of 2009 Obama Inauguration. You can see IN FOCUS the face of EACH individual in the crowd!!!
You can scan and zoom to any section of the crowd. . . wait a few seconds. . . and the focus adjusts to give you a very identifiable close up.
The picture was taken with a robotic 1474 megapixel camera (295 times the standard 5 megapixel camera).
//gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
Message edited by author 2009-02-27 06:51:54. |
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02/27/2009 07:14:31 AM · #2 |
Nice, however, the stitching doesn't work perfectly - look at this guy:
or these siamese twins
let's play a game - can you find some more?
Message edited by author 2009-02-27 07:17:26. |
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02/27/2009 07:22:51 AM · #3 |
| Poor composition and lighting. DNMC. 1 |
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02/27/2009 07:24:39 AM · #4 |
Impressive stuff though..
3 for the price of 1 in this shot
Message edited by author 2009-02-27 07:27:13. |
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02/27/2009 08:13:30 AM · #5 |
got a note from gigapan saying the Dslr version should be available this summer ...
looking forward to it .. |
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02/28/2009 10:05:49 PM · #6 |
Wonder if he is one of the fantastic 4 melts into concrete
guess there are many errors but still its a hell of a lens image :)
Message edited by author 2009-03-01 02:30:43. |
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02/28/2009 10:33:58 PM · #7 |
Wow, thanks for the interesting link! It appears to be a robotic camera mount rather than a lens, in other words, whatever camera you have you could get one of these mounts and create your own gigapan :-) And even more interesting, they plan to "post an 'open source' reference design for the GigaPan device for hobbyists who wish to build their own robotic pan-tilt device. " I'll certainly be checking back to their site!
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02/28/2009 10:34:05 PM · #8 |
| The stitching works fine... it's just that the subjects can't move. Still pretty cool though... |
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02/28/2009 10:55:11 PM · #9 |
A quick search will turn up several recent threads on the Gigapan system, including this thread in which  Bugzeye shows off the first image from a recent acquisition.
I just got  Isaac a Lego Mindstorm NXT programmable robotics kit; once he's got the hang of it, I'm going to see if we can build our own version of a gigapan-type step-and-repeat camera mount ... :-)
BTW: The Gigapan technology was directly adapted from the camera mounts on the two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity ... next time someone carps about the "space program being a waste of money" I will be happy to point to this as a modest example of a direct public benefit from the research. |
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02/28/2009 11:48:11 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Ter:
Wonder if he is one of the fantastic 4 melts into concrete
guess there are many errors but still its a hell of a lens :) |
As far as I can tell it's not technically a lens. It just moves your P&S around, shooting a bunch of high-zoom shots and stitches them together.
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03/01/2009 12:24:52 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by zackdezon:
As far as I can tell it's not technically a lens. It just moves your P&S around, shooting a bunch of high-zoom shots and stitches them together. |
The Gigapan is a computer-controlled step-and-repeat camera mount used to automate the acquisition of images to stitch into two-dimentional panoramic pictures, along with software which does the stitching. There are no optics involved except those of your own camera. You can accomplish the same with a panning tripod head, stitching software (such as Autostitch), and a lot of patience and RAM. |
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03/01/2009 12:29:05 AM · #12 |
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03/01/2009 01:09:00 AM · #13 |
I have had a gigapan for a couple of weeks now, I finally went to Milwaukee with it. I took a few night shots and a few day shots as well, Links Below.
Message edited by author 2009-03-01 15:55:44. |
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03/01/2009 02:26:19 AM · #14 |
"Big Brother is Watching" G. O. 1984
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03/01/2009 03:58:27 PM · #15 |
Here are a couple of Pano Shots taken with the Gigapan Epic.
I am planning on a trip to Madison next Friday to do some panos around the Capital Square. |
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