It has been a while since my last post here. More than 2 years and a move from one continent to another (now back in Europe) in between.
Panorama Photography is getting bigger and more main stream than ever before, though I need to say the number of high quality and pleasing panoramas still is a small percentage only.
The stitching software around is getting matter and progressing, the underlying concept of course wont change, take individual images and stitch them to a large wide panorama or virtual panorama.
If you look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_photo_stitching_software, it still list about 30 software packages for various platforms. For me these remain relevant as I still use them:
Amazing are the changes on the hardware sector, we are moving from cameras that could somewhat assemble images to a panorama or sweep a panorama, from panorama heads and robot heads to mobile phones with panorama apps to dedicated panorama devices. What previously was done by bulky and expensive devices can now be done by a gadget that finds in your hand (thoug at a lower quality one might comment).
Amazing too, many of them are crowdfunded:
Amazing too, many of them are crowdfunded:
- Panono Ball
- Bubl Cam
- Full HD 360 CAM by Giroptic (I am backing this one)
- Centr (I backed, but it failed to reach goal)
