ich versuche nun schon eine gefühlte Ewigkeit eine saubere 360 Aufnahme zu erstellen. Soweit funktioniert das Aufnehmen mit den Nodalpunktset ohne Probleme. Was mit Kopfzerbrechen bereitet, ist das Bearbeiten und Stitchen der Fotos.

Wie bekomme ich es hin, das ich das Stativ und die Schiene samt Kabel aus dem fertigen Foto herausbekomme? Wie muss ich da vorgehen? Wie viele Aufnahmen sind nötig? Was gilt es zu beachten? Kamera ist die EOS R mit einem 17mm Objektiv. Als Software nutze ich Panorama Pro.

Grüsse

Marcel

ich habe mir einen 2- NT Kopf inklusive Nodalpunktset und Schiene gegönnt (hoffe ist schon unterwegs). Nun will ich nebst 360 grad Fotos von der Milchstrasse auch die Gelegenheit nutzen und einen 360 Grad Zeitraffer zu erstellen. Meine Frage: ist die Aufnahmezeit für ein 360 Grad Foto in der Nacht zu lange? Ziel ist es einen 15 Sek Zeitraffer zu erstellen. Auf was muss ich bei den Einstellungen seitens Kamera wie auch dem Slider achten? Mit welcher Software erstelle ich am besten einen 360 Grad Zeitraffer? Im Moment nutze ich PanoramaStudio 3 Pro.

Fragen über Fragen. Danke für eure Antworten.

Gruss

Marcel

I've recently done some more architectural 360 for some luxury villas here in Bali. And I have a suggestion for the way the latest version of the app handles shooting zenith and nadir images.

I'm currently shooting two shots up and 2 shots down. But in both the up and down orientations, the app shoots the first one and then rotates 180˚ and shoots the second one - which is basically the exact same image, just rotated 180˚. Seems to me like when asking the app to shoot 2 shots up or down, the rotation for the second shot should be only 90˚. Or am I missing something?  

I finally was able to purchase everything needed and started diving into using the Pine and my Nic-O-Tilt motors. The obvious area for me was to start with the 360 degree pano mode. So far I really really love the setup. It's even capable of carrying my heavy D810 and my 24- 70 mm lens. While I have to admit, I will probably switch to the 14 - 24 mm because that lens is a little shorter and therefore the nodal point is easier to get to, or I even buy a prime lens to do those panos in the future, I will never do a 360 pano using my manual Nodal Ninja head again. Unless I do not find an assistant to carry all my gear. :)

On that note, Special shout-out to Moritz for his patience and support!!

Here's a few questions and remarks on my experience.

- Why is there a limitation of 9 columns Pine can? Let's say I want to use a 28 mm lens and 30% of overlap in portrait mode, Pine tells me that the dimensions are too large. Even 28 mm with 25% of overlap is too large. As said above, I intend to get a prime lens, probably a 28 mm f1.8 or a 24 mm f1.8, mainly for size and weight reason (any suggestions here are very welcome btw!). But with either I will hit the limits very fast. Could you guys open that up so we could go as crazy as we want? i.e. using a 70 mm lens for a giga-giga pixel 360 (I know nobody would ever want to edit that image on any of today's computers, but hey, we're crazy, right?!?)

- I don't seem to be able to figure out how to trigger the release multiple times per position for bracketing. Let's say I set the bracketing to 3 (plus and minus 2 f-stops) I have to hit the release button 3 times to get the 3 exposures I want on my D810. Is there a way to tell Pine to release the shutter multiple times per position?

Feature requests:

- A very important feature for me would be to be able to have the motors stop at the end of a pano. I use a Nadir Adapter form Nodal Ninja. That's a piece that slips under the rail that goes up to the tilt motor. That enables me to move the tripod and swing the upper part of my rig outwards, so I can shoot a nadir shot without the tripod. Here's a link to the adapter I am talking about: https://shop.nodalninja.com/accessories/m-series-parts/m-series-nadir-adapter-f8301/

- A feature I would love to see is that the motors go back to the starting position if I hit the stop button. Or at least ask me if I would like to go back to the starting position. It can always be that something happens and I need to restart the pano. Fiddling it back to the starting position is annoying and can be distracting I think.

- A premium feature would be an interrupt and repeat function. Imagine you shoot a panorama outside, and suddenly there's a car, a tourist or something else that walks into the frame that can not be taken out by a mask in the stitching process. In that case it would be very handsome to hit a button "stop/repeat" and then the system would continue with an exposure and the move on.

Minor details:

- I find the camera setup a little confusing under "Camera" in the 360 pano setup module. My intend was to delay the exposure so the rig could calm down after moving to avoid motion blur when exposing. I  eventually figured out that I have to set the "Focus" delay to something like 2 or 3 seconds. Form the dialog I first adjusted the "Exposure" delay, thinking that's the correct parameter to delay the exposure. Further confusing was that if I set the "Exposure" delay to zero, the camera doesn't shoot at all. Would you have a document that explains those attributes in detail?

- Under the "Controls tab the "Pan" and "Tilt" sliders are very finicky. Sometimes the slider has to be grabbed a few times and then it doesn't seem to be very linear. Meaning, sometimes I have to push the slider quite far for the motor to react and then it's moving a lot at once. But that's a minor minor detail.

Cheers & Thanks!

Alex

We were commissioned for a photo shoot and also for one 360 of the outside dining area for this amazing "Phinisi" style yacht that provides luxury charters to Indonesia and Thailand. The difficult thing for the 360 was that the boat was rocking from some small waves, which caused the visible horizon from the camera position to be constantly changing. So, lots of masking in creating the 360 and then lots of post-production editing on the 360 pano to make everything line up.

Is it possible to add "XML file" feature in 360 mode?

this will be helpful in 4 or 5 vertical-rows.

All the best

I just received my PINE bundle with Nic-O-Tilt.

I was trying to assemble the arca Swiss plate with the Nic-O-Tilt for 360° photography and I think that I either lost! Or there are extra plates or stuff needed to do the setup.

Can anyone please confirm to me if I only need arca-swiss + Nic-O-Tilt motors.

Arca Swiss plate: Haoge Quick Release L Plate Set for Panorama Panoramic Head Fit Arca Swiss Sunwayfoto Markins Sirui Kirk RRS Benro AS https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BYJTW9A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_oyCiCELOR5Ifu

Please excuse me for any spelling mistakes, I wrote this topic using my phone!