Author Topic: Cool photo stitching of Presidential Inauguration (Read 1191 times)

Paul2 · « **on:** January 29, 2009, 11:52:12 PM »

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Nice. See if you can spot some people get cropped off or unaligned from movement on the photo stitching sides.

Titan · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2009, 09:38:45 AM »

Pretty cool but who has the time to actually do this and fit it together?

« **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2009, 10:35:31 AM »

Smart of this guy to sell it. He\'s a media type with a super camera, this wasn\'t really an abuse of his free time.

GmanJoe · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2009, 10:59:52 AM »

Quote from: Titan

Pretty cool but who has the time to actually do this and fit it together?

There are software that does them in mere seconds.

clips · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2009, 08:16:32 PM »

Yeah...it\'s pretty slick how you can zoom in on any part of the picture....even the folks waaaay in the back will come in crystal clear clarity.

Paul2 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2009, 12:58:54 PM »

Look at the first pic, on red circle on the upper left, you can see the guy\'s head in two different direction from photo stitching. All of the 220 cameras were taking pictures at different place and angle, but difficult to take it at exactly the same time. Maybe they were within seconds of each other during shots, which is still amazing.

On the second circle on the lower right, you can see former President Bush either texting or maybe playing handheld game on his hands. if it\'s handheld, wonder if it\'s Nintendo DS or PSP?

On the second picture, President Obama is giving speeches to the people, and those bulletproof glasses look really thick.

Viper_Fujax · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2009, 01:37:47 PM »

Quote from: Paul2

On the second circle on the lower right, you can see former President Bush either texting or maybe playing handheld game on his hands. if it\'s handheld, wonder if it\'s Nintendo DS or PSP?

you being serious?

hes clapping...

Paul2 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2009, 01:53:13 PM »

no, he\'s not. He\'s holding something on his hands, maybe some fancy cellphone? But he\'s not clapping.

« **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2009, 10:11:22 AM »

He was playing Donkey Kong.

"Got me again you damn go-riller! hehhehheh"

videoholic · « **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2009, 10:55:58 AM »

Aretha has some fucked up itdness as well. Allong with the invisible man right below her. Still pretty cool.

« **Reply #10 on:** February 02, 2009, 12:55:41 PM »

I was really surprised that the guy used a Canon G10 to shoot these images. Maybe he was limited to using a small light camera with the automated rig.

I know the G10 has a 14.7 mp sensor, which is not bad... but imagine how much better this would have looked if he had used an SLR like the 1D with it\'s 21.1 mp full sized sensor, and a higher quality L-series lens.

Paul2 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 02, 2009, 01:07:06 PM »

Quote from: videoholic

Aretha has some fucked up itdness as well. Allong with the invisible man right below her. Still pretty cool.

LOL. You caught that. I actually missed that. Didn\'t notice it until you mentioned it. Pretty funny.

Paul2 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 02, 2009, 01:58:32 PM »

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I was really surprised that the guy used a Canon G10 to shoot these images. Maybe he was limited to using a small light camera with the automated rig.

I know the G10 has a 14.7 mp sensor, which is not bad... but imagine how much better this would have looked if he had used an SLR like the 1D with it\'s 21.1 mp full sized sensor, and a higher quality L-series lens.

I would prefer SLR over point and shoot for the much bigger image sensor that SLR has over p&s. Give me bigger image sensor any day over the excessively high megapixel counts.

Its true G10 is a p&s, i guess they were trying to cut cost as they are spending on 220 cameras.

But the 1D is way too expensive. I just check the price for curiosity and the body for 1D is $8,000. Just for the body only. the lens might cost another grand. making it cost as much as $9,000 or more. While the G10 only cost $450. If there were 220 1D cameras, that would cost nearly $2,000,000 while 220 G10 would only cost about $100,000 or less when on sale.

So, the 1D is overkill, if they want SLR, the Canon EOS 450D is a decent value of only $800 for the body or $900 with the lens kit included. Although only 12.2 megapixels, but it has a bigger image sensor than G10.

the G10 has a diagonal size of .59 inch sensor while the 450D has a diagonal size of a little over 1 inch, and the full frame of 1D has a diagonal size of 1.75"...

« **Reply #13 on:** February 02, 2009, 02:54:10 PM »

Paul, you\'ve got it wrong. The photographer did not use an array of 220 G10s. He used one G10 on a Gigapan Epic. The Gigapan is a robotic mount that moves the camera mechanically to create a matrix of images that are stitched together later.

I THINK he could have put any camera in the mount, including a single 1D or 5D or anything with a full sized sensor.

I actually love the high end "point & shoot" Canons. The G5 I owned for several years was one of my favorite cameras of all time. However, a 1D with an L lens would simply blow away a G10 in optical resolution, even without considering the sensor design.

Paul2 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 02, 2009, 03:15:32 PM »

oh, interesting. didn\'t know that. No wonder there are some mismatched people from movement on the pictures because the camera is also moving around taking pictures too. Not the 220 cameras taking the pictures at the same time. I see. More simpler and better than i thought.

In that case, using the 1D would have been awesome. thank you for the enlightenment. I learned something new there.

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Author Topic: Cool photo stitching of Presidential Inauguration (Read 1191 times)