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February 13th, 2004, 01:28 PM | #1 |
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Camera combo for Quicktime VR
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my boss is very interested in purchasing a camera kit for quicktime VR work. One of the cool things he's seen was a guy who had a fish eye lens on his still camera. From the nodel point he hanged a plumb bob. This guy then had a mouse pad with a circle cut out of the center and three lines that marked 0-120-240 degrees. He'd go into a place and drop the mouse pad on the floor and have the plumb bob set the nodel point in the middle of the circle. Take a pic at each mark and voila, instant/simple VR of the room. Pretty cool. Anyway, we want to get like a 4-6M pixel camera with a fish eye lens that can do this kind of high quality work. The camera this guy used is no longer made. *Any suggestions* are most welcome.
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February 15th, 2004, 03:52 PM | #2 |
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If I remember correctly it's very important that the tripod mount
is directly centered correctly under CCD for it to work correctly on a tripod.
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February 15th, 2004, 05:10 PM | #3 |
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Jacques, I would go to the Apple QT VR list archives and see what is the current hot cameras. I think Nikon may have several models that might work well.
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February 16th, 2004, 01:22 PM | #4 |
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Thanks guys!
Yes, for his "movable mouse pad rig" the guy had the plumb bob hang directly below the CCD "plane".
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February 16th, 2004, 05:02 PM | #5 |
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I thought that the idea was to swing the lens about the front nodal point.
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February 16th, 2004, 05:12 PM | #6 |
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Yes, it is the front nodal point. Here is a page from the Apple Developer Connection outlining what is needed to make QuickTime VR Panoramas.
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