Anyone know anything about them?? Just bought a 4wd adn getting out and about to photograph more, and want the most value for $.. Girl at camera place here said you can get ANY photo developed into Panoramic, they just trim the top and bum off, and stretch the center section... May try it on an old photo to see what happens..
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by virtual-bird: Girl at camera place here said you can get ANY photo developed into Panoramic, they just trim the top and bum off, and stretch the center section...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That is the basic idea. I used to work at one of the big name photo shops in the Chicago area developing prints. I did this with a few prints I had for some cool efects, but only if the subject was centered propery. A panoramic lense on a camera actually gets a wider angle shot to cover more ground on either side of the subject. It is similar to the difference for a film on the big screen compared to one on your TV. If you want to play around with pano's you can usually pick up a camera that can switch between regular and pano for about $30. that way you can see if it is what you want to do before spending a few hundred. BTW: let the developer know you have pano's when you take the film in. Some in-house labs may not be able to do them. It is also no fun to heve to go back and reprint a pano that was mistakenly printed standard 3x5. The main thing is to have fun with your pictures..
Can you get a panoramic lens to suit an Pentax SLR or Canon SLR or is it not that simple. I think Panoramic photos look **** hot!
On a "cheap" camera that is supposed to be able to switch between regular and pan formats, the only thing that changes is the masking within the camera. The lens still takes in the same image, not a wider angle. A true pan camera has a lens capable of covering a much wider angle than normal lenses. The extreme example if this is the "fish-eye" camera. There are also special, and quite expensive pan cameras that pivot on a point at the center of the horizontal dimension of the focal plane. They use a focal plane shutter instead of the more common between-the-lense shutter. There is a special mechanism that synchronizes the movement of the shutter and the pivoting of the camera. This is the type of camera used for very wide panaramic views. Back to the "cheap" cameras. They do a fairly good job if simulating a pan shot. This may be all you need.
