I created a tour from 24 shots (8 sets of bracketed 3 exposures) i was very impressed with the result, but not in the time taking and post processing the shots

i used phtomatix to batch make the hdr, and panorama studio to stitch

so i got myself a one shot lens, much quicker (still taking 3 shots) but the quality is far less

at the end of the day the fees that people will pay will dictate the time you can put into something, and this is something i have yet to find out,

what seams to be the norm in the industry?

Steve

Hey there

I've gone from 0-360 to Nikon FC-E8 to Nikon D300 with a Sigma 8mm and wouldn't go back but I'm not looking at real estate work - I'm mainly doing outside shots so the detail needs to be more but I suppose it depends what you are charging etc. I've always found it a bit like making food - are you aiming for McDonalds or Harrods if you see what I mean.

If thats your first tour we saw earlier then youre doing really well - is it just real estate work you are looking at?

Welcome to the forum btw!

i have a canon 40d witch is more than adequate resolution wise with a canon 10-20 lens,

i took my test stitch tour on a canon 20d, same lens, and was very impressed with the results

you say you take 5 bracketed shots, what exposures?

on the canon you can only set a 3 bracketed exposures, so you have to reset bracketing, or over/under expose manually, i found this time consuming, also not being disciplined in taking the exposure sequences messed up any batch processing,

i will add the stitch i did to a basic tour and upload it for your scrunchy