Nubble Light House
This panorama was shot at a focal length equivalent of 216mm with the Canon EOS Rebel XTi. The Epic 100 was set to manual mode allowing me to manually trigger the
shutter release once the device and camera were stable. I did this due to very high winds at the time of the Panorama. A total of 122 images were used to capture
the scene with a final size of about 1/2 Gigapixel (500MB).
Panoramas created for this review
Portsmouth NH Waterfront Panorama 1
This panorama was shot using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II on the Gigapan Epic 100. The shutter was set to manual mode since the angle of the 5D's shutter
is a bit too steep for the Epic 100's robotic finger. A Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 lens was used, which helped to reduce the amount of frames to 24 -
but with the 5D Mark II each frame is 21.1-megapixels in size, so you still end up with a big 140 megapixel image. The final panorama was brought into
Photoshop so that I could trim the edges and remove a dust spot that I noticed in many frames of the finished product.
Portsmouth NH Waterfront Panorama 2
The Panorama below was shot at the same location but this time I was back further to include some foreground objects (docks / boats).
The camera was set to manual focus, the aperture to f/16 for wide depth-of-field, and the focal length was 70mm. I set the focus point to
the front part of the dock, which unfortunately made everything beyond that point soft. I should have set a mid-focus point and maybe even used
a wider aperture. This is the finished panorama uploaded directly using the Gigapan Stitcher software. I did not bring it into Photoshop to trim it or to remove
a dust spot that showed up in the image due to the smaller aperture.
Rye Harbor, Rye - New Hampshire
While using the Epic 100 for the first few Panoramas I definitely made my share of mistakes. This panorama of Rye Harbor, NH was shot while the sun was going down. It was captured using the Canon Rebel XTi
at the full 320mm focal length. The camera was set to aperture priority mode instead of manual mode, which meant that the camera was selecting the shutter speed automatically. As the zoom lens
focused on darker parts of the scene, the shutter speed automatically was lowered by the camera to keep the exposure the same. This caused area's of blurriness in the frame from the motion of the boats on the water as well
as the motion of the camera when the automatic finger presses on the shutter. Zoom in on the panorama and have a look. Hopefully you'll learn from my mistakes so that you'll have better luck on your
first few attempts.
Abenaqui Golf Course - Rye, New Hampshire
My first panorama with the Epic 100. The stitched panorama is made up of 110 shots from a Canon Rebel XTi with 320mm effective zoom. Despite the reminder on the front of the
Epic 100, I did not lock the exposure, which is why the sky came out the way it did. I did set the camera to manual, however I think AF might have been a better option for this
scene as there are many different depth layers to this image (golfer, trees, distant golfers, car, etc.).
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