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From: tony cooper on 12 Aug 2010 13:42 On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:48:51 +0200, socket <here(a)nd.there> wrote: >Savageduck wrote: > >> On 2010-08-11 13:37:38 -0700, hummingbird <hummingbird(a)127.0.0.1> >> said: >> >>> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:59:14 -0400, Mark F wrote : >>>> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:37:18 +0200, jak bute >>>> <luver(a)katebeckinsale.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there some morphing software which can widen the angle of view >>>>> in my photos? >>>> >>>> Morphing SOFTWARE can't widen the angle of view. >>>> >>>> You could: >>>> . crop so the image is wider compared to height, but the angle of >>>> view actually remains the same. >>>> . pan and stitch, so the final image has a wider angle of view >>>> . use a telecompressor in back of the lens to increase the angle of >>>> view, then crop so only the horizontal range is extended >>>> . use a telecompressor in front of the lens - also increases angle >>>> of view, but probably inferior to using one in back of the lens >>>> . use an anamorphic lens converter in front of the lens. >>>> (These were available for >>>> camcorders a few years ago for around US$100 to allow doing 16:9 >>>> recording on a 4:3 camera, but I didn't find any around that price >>>> now. Canon RATIO CONVERTER RC-72 for about US$250 was a close as I >>>> found. Note that these were likely made for NTSC camcorders, so >>>> the optical quality might not be as good as is needed now-a-days.) >>>> There also were some in the US$1000 range for use with projectors. >>>> . use an anamorphic lens converter in back of the lens. (Think >>>> US$10K-25K >>>> >>>> Or, going beyond addons to your existing lens: I couldn't find any >>>> actual anamorphic lenses, but CinemaScope should have them and >>>> www.red.com seems to. Red Pro prim 25mm has about 56 degree by 31 >>>> degree field of view, about 1.8:1 (16:9 is 1.777:1) >>>> >>>>> >>>>> View from a rooftop in Wimbledon, London, UK >>>>> http://bayimg.com/aANiGaAcf.jpg >>>>> >>>>> View from a hilltop of Pao de Acucar, Rio, Brazil >>>>> http://bayimg.com/cAnIKaACF.jpg >>>>> >>>>> View from a rooftop in R. Piragibe Frota Aguiar, Rio >>>>> http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=TsvfXri >>>>> >>>>> -hb- >>>>> (the REAL hummingbird) >>> >>> What are yer talking about? I want software to include more of the >>> panorama than I've already got in my pictures. Like the "landscape" >>> setting on my compact digicam but with more picture. >>> >>> -hb- >>> (the REAL hummingbird) >> >> What are you talking about? >> >> All the "landscape" setting on your compact camera does is a >> letterbox crop. It does not create visual data which it did not >> capture. If you want more of a panorama "picture", you are going >> to have to take more shots for SW stitching. >> >> If you want less of a narrow strip effect, take the shots with >> the camera oriented in the "portrait" or vertical position, and >> take enough overlapped shots to capture the panorama you want. >> You will not be able to suck more data out of thin air with >> software. > >He obviously wants to widen the landscape beyond the images he has >taken. If you don't have anything useful to say to him then don't say >it. > How can you say anything "useful" to someone who is looking for software that will include in an image what wasn't in the photograph that was taken? -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Franklin on 12 Aug 2010 19:07
tony cooper wrote: >How can you say anything "useful" to someone who is looking for >software that will include in an image what wasn't in the photograph >that was taken? You could always tell the troll "za kAT" to fcuk off. That would be useful. And if he says that it was ME who posted the original troll, I deny it. Franklin (the REAL Franklin) -- "slime's my name and slime's my game" |