My Autopano Pro forum

spherorama wrote:

What do you think about this solution? http://www.thegadgetworks.com/index.html

Looks very promising but good luck to get an unit I'm in touch with company since months to get one unit without succes (three months each email to get an answer

Vincèn

I have it, and is very different about merlin.

Benefits: very small and light, you put it in your backpack if you're not sure use;
               loads in autopano as if it were gigapan
               fully programmable
               Work with external sensors
               Once programmed you can go and turn off the control
               prende fino a 100 metri con l'antenna inclusa
               ready to work

disadvantages: can adjust only the horizontal pupil of entry (with binbario not included)
                       little vertical excursion (sufficient only for gigapixel) without manual correction on the joint
                       imprecise on optical over 400mm, works with the times because he have not encoder

Conclusion?
If I have to go to the mountains to walk, have better automate that have nothing, 360 cilindrical are ok with an 16mm full frame.

If I want to work precisely and only going to do that better merlin (I hope, because I'm waiting it and I took it on purpose)

spherorama wrote:

I also found this one: http://www.roundshot.ch/xml_1/internet/de/intro.cfm It's really expensive but on hte other hand you need no interface to program it. It looks stable. They have a rental service. too. With a device this costly it is good to have the possibility to try it out before you buy it.

fast is fast but it is only for cilindrical pano on 1 row, not gigapixel no multirow partial pano or 360...

I prefer to use an extra minute to do it manually at this point, but without spending money

Ah yes, I didn't see the hub behind the lens. My mistake

Last edited by OffrediAndrea (2010-02-05 08:41:13)

mediavets wrote:

OffrediAndrea wrote:

I have it, and is very different about Merlin...

Benefits: Work with external sensors

How might you use that?

Photo animal trap for example

or to photograph all those who pass front your house when you're at work.... I dont Know.. is necessary imagination, but you can do it.

Last edited by OffrediAndrea (2010-02-04 15:56:10)

spherorama wrote:

Andrea,
as far as I understood this robot from Seitz moves the panoramic head hotizontally. All the vertical adjustments you have to do by hand.

I´ve been shooting with it sometimes. Not really stable and much too expensive for a one-axis motor.
It´s advantages are speed and a small footprint. But 1800.- € . . . . . no way. They charge 53.- € for 1,6m cable head release and about 100.- € for the camera release cable . . .

best, Klaus

mediavets wrote:

I'd rather have one of these - it is not exactly cheap either, but less expensive than the Roundshot or the PanoMachine, and it looks pretty good to me:
http://www.autopano.net/forum/p58253-20 … -54#p58253

Looks GOOD!! Fine with fisheyes!

best, Klaus

OffrediAndrea wrote:

mediavets wrote:

OffrediAndrea wrote:

I have it, and is very different about Merlin...

Benefits: Work with external sensors

How might you use that?

Photo animal trap for example

or to photograph all those who pass front your house when you're at work.... I dont Know.. is necessary imagination, but you can do it.

At that price, might as well acquire a TimeMachine from http://www.bmumford.com/photo/camctlr.html

far more flexibility for triggered photos, and can also interface with motion control systemes