"Alan P. Hayes" <ahayes@berkshire.rr.com> writes: > As part of my death-defying pursuit of pictures from cars in motion I > have for some time wanted to be able to take action panoramas while > driving. > > I think I may have hit on a semi-safe way to do this. I'd like to run > my idea by the camera mechanics on the list. While I'd like you to stay safe, I consider it *important* that you do it without putting *other* drivers on the road at risk, so I'm happy you're thinking about the safety implications! > It's fairly simple actually. I'm thinking of mounting 3 or 4 digital > cameras so that they would encompass a wide angle of view, shooting > them all off at once and then combining the images in photoshop. > > It would be nice to use Nikon D1s but until I get my grant I figure on > using 25 dollar digicams (there are such things!). > > I've thought of a few possible difficulties. Any comments on them or > anything else that occurs to anybody would be gratefully received. > > I anticipate mounting the cameras on some sort of semicircular > rail. This would give me some flexibility in terms of positioning > them. I understand that this sort of geometry might result in some > sort of parallax issues. I think these are likely to be at a level > that I can deal with post-exposure, judging from the results I've been > able to get combining even hand held images (satisfactory to me). My experience, using Panorama Factory, with hand-held exposures is quite satisfactory indeed. I don't think you're in special trouble on that front. I don't have anything to contribute on how to trigger them. As you say, a $25 camera could be sacrificed to science, and there probably *is* some way to wire up an electronic release. Of course, having a second person drive, while you control the cameras, might produce better results, and/or a safer trip. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info
