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Panoramas shot with the Sony ILCE-QX1. This post describes in detail the setup you can use to get a very compact panorama setup with this camera.
This is from my 2019 calender either the February or the August page.
This stereographic reprojection was generated from a spherical panorama I shot standing in the Prater amusement park in Vienna, Austria.
See the interactive version here.
This panoramic image shows the place “Hühnermarkt” (chicken market) in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). The place is a part of the so called “Neue Altstadt” a central area of the city, which was rebuilt in a historic style and opened to the public in 2018.
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Technique:
The shooting was done with a 3 meter (appx. 10 ft) pole to reach a more elevated viewpoint. The lens was mounted with a custom-made bracket. Stitched from six images taken with a Walimex (Samyang) 7.5mm fish eye lens on a Sony ILCE-QX1. Five images around and one additional image for the nadir.
This is from my 2019 calender either the February or the August page.
This stereographic reprojection was generated from a spherical panorama I shot standing near the entry of the Boomerang roller coaster in the Prater amusement park in Vienna, Austria.
See the interactive version here.
This image is from the December page of my 2018 calender. The reprojected panorama shows the entry of Melbourne’s Luna Park. Reprojection is tunnel (stereographic up).
This image is from the August page of my 2018 calender. This image shows a remapped photosphere and was taken inside the orchestra shell of Oberstdorf (Bavaria, Germany). Reprojection is little planet (stereographic down).
This image is from the June page of my 2018 calender. This image shows a remapped photosphere and was taken inside the long distance train station of Frankfurt Airport. Reprojection is little planet (stereographic down).
This image is from the April page of my 2018 calender. This reprojected spherical panorama shows Split Point Lighthouse from the viewing platform near the cliff.
This image is from the February page of my 2018 calender. This image shows a reprojected spherical panorama which was taken in front of the entrance of the Shrine of Remembrance. Reprojection is little planet (stereographic).
This spherical panorama was taken inside the Mall of Berlin.
Technique:
The shooting was done with a 3 meter (appx. 10 ft) pole to reach a more elevated viewpoint. The lens was mounted with a custom-made bracket. Stitched from five images taken with a Walimex (Samyang) 7.5mm fish eye lens on a Sony ILCE-6000. Four images around and an additional image for the ground.
This spherical panorama shows a wooden bridge near Nordpol in Bad Hindelang.
Technique:
The shooting was done from with a monopod. Stitched from four images taken with a Walimex (Samyang) 7.5mm fish eye lens on a Sony ILCE-QX1. Four images around and an additional image for the nadir. The zenith was retouched by hand in post-processing.