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Re: Coolpix 4500 and Nikon E-8 Fisheye lens
wbr 2005-Jun-09 15:30:00
For the nikon fc-e9, I take 4 shots,
Wil
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From: Richard Crowest
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Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Coolpix 4500 and Nikon E-8 Fisheye lens
Hi Rodrigo -
I've used an FC-E8 since about 1991, first on a Coolpix 880 and more
recently on a 4500. Plenty of samples at http://corvidae.co.uk/panoramas/ .
As Wil says, the image quality can be quite poor, especially towards the
edges, but for important shots (e.g.
http://www.corvidae.co.uk/panoramas/homewood/living.html) I only use the F2
mode, taking full-frame images. I've just put together the panoramas for a
virtual tour of a watermill (http://corvidae.co.uk/shalford/ ), for which I
shot six full-frame fisheye images for the main part of the panorama, and
three circular fisheyes which I stitched together to get the top of the
sphere, combining the two in Photoshop. In fact, I shot three sets of
pictures for each pano, laboriously combining different exposures to get a
clear view of the interior, without bleaching out everything round the
windows.
I discovered the NeatImage plug-in (http://www.neatimage.com/ )the day I
shot these, and all the images were cleaned up with it, which really helped.
Thanks for the tip about the chromatic aberration, Wil - I'll try that, too.
By the way, Wil, how many shots do you take for your panos.
It's a shame the watermill shots didn't coincide with the solstice - I
really like the idea of trying to find a subject that's intimately connected
with water, but doesn't have any water in the actual shot...
Richard
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