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Keith Naylor
{K:13064} 6/3/2004
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Hang on - let me screw my head back on - 360 degrees, thats phenominal. Please take an image of this camera and post it for us - I'd live to see what sort of instrument of torture could capture such an image.
K
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 6/3/2004
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OK, Keith. It's not a very elegant camera, but it is strongly made and functions very reliably with an industrial-strength remote control unit. I'll borrow my son's digital camera and take a couple of snaps. It sits on top of a tripod and rotates either through 180 or 360 degrees, pulling 120 film through it past the slit as required. It's a VERY wide-angle camera, about 90 degrees vertically! (uses a 28mm FL lens with 120 film...)
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 6/3/2004
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Unbelievable quality, magnificent image!!
I can see you're going to have some great fun with this one Roger ~ and, of course, some serious work too!!
Kind regards, Chris
P.S. Good to see you posting again ~ I trust all is well.
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 6/3/2004
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I am taking a "breather" on Saturday for some photography, Chris, as the unrelenting pressure of work is really getting me down (thanks for asking). There should be a few 360-degree panoramas and a number of 180-degree panoramas uploaded shortly after that. I see you got your new camera, a D100, no less... pity you had trouble with it so early on. Must be disappointing! I look forward to seeing more beautiful landscapes from the West of England.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185017} 6/3/2004
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Hi Roger, Amaising shot. I like these 360 degree panoramas of yours alot. Very well captured, and a very good exposure (By Gildas, of course...;o) Thanks for showing, very intriguing shot!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Antonella Nistri
{K:21867} 6/3/2004
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Hi Roger,sorry I have been away because I was upset about matters over here you might have guessed if you followed the forums.
But,to tell you the truth I missed my friends so much!!!!
Wonderful picture,as usual,at first I thought you stiched many frames,but then I looked at the camera you used....amazing!!!!!
Hugs and many congrats!!! Antonella 7
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Enjoy
{K:16125} 6/3/2004
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impressive..well done
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The Armed Eye
{K:3563} 6/3/2004
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Roger, I must admit that at more than 180 degrees I loose orientation or better my imagination is failing ! :-))But it's a fascinating machine anyway, the shot is perfectly exposed, quite difficult at 360 degree !
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 6/4/2004
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Welcome back, Antonella! I have been too busy to take photographs or post them, and I haven't been following the forums either. I expect it was this strange rating system that upset you...
By the way, if you read my "about" explanation of this photograph and the other "hommage" you will see that they were taken with my new camera but not by me! I do hope to have some of my own up within the next week or so.
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 6/4/2004
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Bertram, there ARE those who claim to enjoy these 360-degree pictures as "stills," but I must confess I am not among them. I think they are best viewed through a panning, scrollable window on a screen via the Internet. With broadband connections, a high resolution image can be an astonishingly realistic reconstruction of the impression given by the original scene. Sort of journalism to the nth degree! (Which is probably why they are appealing to me.) I think that picture of the Rheinfalls is exceptional in working as well as it does as a still.
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Bill Gibson
{K:2701} 6/4/2004
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great photo....I am looking forward to your results with this camera. Thanks for answering my questions about it on your other "homage" photo.
I wish I had the cash in my photo budget to acquire one... Maybe if I am extra good, Santa will provide.
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 6/6/2004
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Well, Gib, I got my Voyageur for Christmas and birthday present all in one (from my eldest son). So you never know! I'm going to replace the photo of me in my profile with one of me with the Voyageur, and I'll post an enlargement of the camera itself under the first Voyageur photo I post to Usefilm. It's a fairly hefty camera but not as heavy as it looks...
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 6/6/2004
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Keith, by popular demand, Traraaa!! A photo of me with Voyageur now appears in my profile, courtesy of my friend Matsukawa San. I'll post an enlarged view of the camera with a comment under the first Voyageur photo of mine that I upload to Usefilm... probably later this week. (I took several on Saturday June 5). Scanning 6 x 18cm negs may be a stretch, especially as I have to do it in two 6 x 9cm sections on my present scanner...
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Craig Hanson
{K:7803} 6/8/2004
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That reminds me of a book I have called "101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions". One of them was a 360-degree panoramic camera which was made up of several throw away cameras strapped around the perimeter of a crown-like hat and connected to a master shutter release cable.
Is that what your new camera looks like?
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Roger Williams
{K:84106} 6/8/2004
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Craig, there's a picture of the new camera in the new one of me that appears when you click on my name to go to my portfolio. I'll also upload a closeup of it with a comment under the first result I take with it (well, the first that's fit to post, anyway).
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daíven rizz
{K:650} 7/30/2004
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this is amazing shot love the PS work never really thought about the taking a 360 degree panorama well done thanks for sharing.
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