[Leica] wide multi shot horizon tonite?? help?

[wtorry at vbar.com (Wayne Torry)]

Steve,



In my limited experience I have used the following procedure:



1.  Camera rotated to vertical.

2.  Longer focal length to limit the vertical field of view.

3.  Manual exposure & focus.

4.  Odd number of frames. 5 seems to work well. Some of my friends have gone 
as far as 7 for a really wide field of view.

5.  Stitch with Microsoft ICE. I don't have Photoshop. ICE fits my 
definition of perfect software: It works & it is free.

6.  Crop to 7x17, 1:2, or whatever works for the photo in question.



To date, this is my best result so far. 5 frames. 70mm focal length on a 
Canon 1D Mk III. Effective focal length = 91mm.



<http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/279926-3/Sunset+Print-0148.jpg>



This is an early effort. 45mm lens on a Pentax 6x7. Camera horizontal. 3 
frames. This effort convinced me to use a longer focal length, move back & 
rotate the camera to vertical, and make more exposures.



<http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/169899-2/Cyl+Pano.jpg>



Good luck tonight!



Wayne







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Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 06:10:06 -0700

From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>

Subject: [Leica] wide multi shot horizon tonite?? help?

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I am planning to do my first multi image horizon tonite at sunset along the 
river.... and to stitch the images together using Photoshop CS6.



Likely I will use my M9 with a 24 mm Summicron lens on a tripod, rotating 
the camera to make 5-8 overlapping images....



Being a total novice, I wonder what I am forgetting that many (who have done 
this sort of thing) have thought of, and may suggest, to help ensure my 
success.



your thoughts please,



many thanks,



Steve