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Re: VR Photography book
luca vascon 2010-Jan-31 11:15:00
Hi Bo!!!
:-D
I still own two of the ancient Kaidan monsters, one of which I simply bought
because it was so cheap and reminded me the time in which I could not afford
it... I've to find a fitting APPLE photo camera to fit it!!!
The other was my first real panohead. They were beautyfully made, and no
compromise designed.
;-P
I started stitching with a video camera and an alpha apple software... I
went on with scripting and coding with the first panotools, with the
precious help of im_im Dersh list... and I organized or helped the panotools
meting from beginning.
I've to say I recognize in your words.. Like you and the others, we all
built up this stuff, we were in the networks learning from each other,
innovating, discovering, sharing etc.
Now you look around and see a lot of people claiming to be the first, the
best, selling your ideas as their products...
I'm not against commercial announcements here, because here is the filter.
The newbyes with strong commercial aptitude and small knowledge, and fakes,
and all the irritating stuff have to pay atention, they are in the tiger's
cage. ;-) So an announcement here and in PanotoolsNG must be done fairly and
wisely. otherwise we BITE!!
:-D
For Scott:
As soon as your book is around with a fair shipping price for Europe, or on
ABEbooks and similar, I want, desire and struggle for one copy.
I simply want to own everything written, made etc on the panoramic scene.
Technical, theorical, pcatcical or hystorycal.
I'm trying to preserve the memory and share the knowledge.
2010/1/31 Bo Lorentzen <#removed#>
> Scott,
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> Thank you for your email.
>
> Have it been a decade and a half already.? Shoot we have been doing VR's
> for a long time already, remember the first multi-level kaidan rigs..?
> HUUGE monsters. :-)
>
> Did not want to create a controversy about this at all. Like you over the
> years I have answered a lot of questions, seems like the world is full of
> people learning how to stitch because they just sold a real-estate
> development for $125 for the lot and now desperately need to know how to
> stitch their 45-200mm f 6.5 zoom lens into sphericals. :-)
> ( not to mention the ones wondering if 18 or 24 megapix is the best
> starting point for web-vr.? )
>
> I do appreciate your book. but I have also omitted mentioning my own VR
> related products on this list, simply because I think the list serves a
> purpose as it is, commercial free. its a fuzzy line I suppose, next thing
> one know we will have the designers of nodal ninja announcing design
> updates. etc.
>
> Personally, and considering I have not contributed to the last few WWP's,
> Im really in no way the guy to speak, but I have always preferred a
> signature line or two on peoples names.
>
> Not really disagreeing, you have done a great deal to help people learn how
> to do panorama photography over the years, and it IS reasonable for your
> book to be prominently featured in the community, Im just not sure the best
> way to do that without letting loose the demons on the list in general.
>
> Scott, Im sorry, I was being sarcastic after the re-announcement that the
> pre-order discount was about to expire, Shoot I get similar announcements
> for pre-aproved blue pills frequently, (how do they know?) The point is that
> the first and second etc were meaningful, but after a while I simply ignored
> them, and this is a favorite email list of mine which I actually read every
> message from, I would like to keep it appropriate and to the point in the
> future also.
>
> Hmm, I probably should just butt out of this entirely and keep reading my
> favorite WWP list. :-)
>
>
> Bo
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> On Jan 30, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Scott Highton wrote:
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> > Bo Lorentzen wrote:
> > "Thank you for this additional commercial update."
> >
> > Sorry, Bo. Over the last decade and a half, I have written more
> > responses and posted more helpful information about VR photography to
> > this and other lists than I can fathom. Many of the participants here
> > have asked repeatedly to be informed when my book was done (it took
> > far too long to complete, I know), and I've simply been trying to make
> > sure that word got out, now that it is done.
> >
> > Please accept my apologies if my passing of this information (and the
> > discount offer) was too much for this forum, or if I have offended any
> > in this tight-knit community as a result. And thanks again to
> > everyone for your support.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > Scott Highton
> > Author, Virtual Reality Photography
> > E-mail: #removed#
> > Web: http://www.vrphotography.com
> >
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Luca Vascon.
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