Panoweaver 5.00 accepts following types of image:
- Full Circular Fisheye Image: It
has a 180° angle of view in all directions.
- Drum Fisheye Image:If you attach DSLR
with Focal length multiplier>1 to Sigma 8mm f4 EX fisheye lens, the two
margins in the final fisheye images will be cut. We call it drum fisheye image
derived from its shape.
- Full Frame Fisheye Image: It has a
180° angle of view only on the diagonal line.
- Cube Face Image: It's converted from spherical panorama. There are six cubic
images including: back, front, left, right, top and bottom to be stitched
as a panorama.
- Wide Angle Zoom Lens Image : Its horizontal field
of view should reach 75 °at least.
Shoot Fisheye Image
Fisheye Type |
Qt. of Images |
Way of Shooting |
Full Circular |
1 (horizontal), 1 (vertical) (single image generates 180° panorama)
2 (horizontal), 2 (vertical)
3 (horizontal)
Raynox
|
as you like |
Drum |
4, 4+T, 4+B, 4+T+B |
4 pictures in portrait
|
Full Frame |
6, 6+T, 6+B, 6+T+B |
6 pictures in portrait
|
4, 4+T, 4+B, 4+T+B |
4 pictures in landscape |
Cube Face
|
6 |
converted from spherical panorama |
Wide-angle zoom lens
|
6 |
6 pictures in portrait |
Note: T refers to Top fisheye image which can be obtained
through rotating camera up. B refers to Bottom fisheye image which can
be obtained through rotating down. |
Recommendation: 4+T of drum fisheye image.
Shoot drum fisheye image:
Firstly, you need to use the right equipments. View compatible equipments list.
Secondly, please shoot 4 fisheye image in portrait mode as each image covers 120x180 degrees. Since Panoweaver also accepts 4+top/bottom, you can also shoot up/ down to get the top/bottom fisheye images.
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Shoot full frame fisheye image:
Firstly, you need to use the right equipments. View compatible equipments list.
Secondly, please shoot 6 fisheye image in portrait mode OR 4 fisheye image in landscape mode. Since Panoweaver also accepts 4+top/bottom, you can also shoot up/ down to get the top/bottom fisheye images.
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Shoot full circular fisheye image:
At first , you need to use the right equipments. View compatible
equipments list .
Secondly, please shoot 2 or 3 fisheye images.
Top/Bottom fisheye image:
Please shoot Top/Bottom fisheye image on the last rotation.
For 4 fisheye, please rotate pano head up and down to shoot at the 4th position.
For 6 fisheye,please shoot up and down at the 6th position.
You should stay with the last rotation. Shooting in some other position will cause an incorrect stitching.
Shoot wide angle image:
Firstly, you need to use the right equipments. View compatible
equipments list.
Secondly, please shoot 6 wide angle images in portrait mode. The horizontal
field of view should at least reach 75 degrees.
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