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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 6/18/2004
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excellent panorama.. good composition.. I can see how why you like the camera.. could have fun with it for sure :) thanks for the comment on my Kaleidoscope photo...just can't pass up those architecture shots haha
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 6/17/2004
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Hi, Matej! When I'm with the dog it's too early for the best light so I went back later without him to get this shot. The camera takes the entire picture in one circular sweep... the slit stays directly behind the lens and the film is pulled past it as the camera pans around. The slit has fixed width, so exposure is determined by the speed of rotation. Rotating in one second (the top speed) gives 1/125th sec. exposure, my fastest "shutter" speed. It's a very unusual design...
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 6/17/2004
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No, Matsukawa San, this is the full 360-degree panorama! Strange, isn't it!
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 6/17/2004
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Two questions: Where is your dog? and How long does it take for the shot to be taken? I assume the film is exposed in segments with each exposure lasting - in this case - 1/30s?
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Koichi Matsukawa
{K:245} 6/17/2004
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Willians San,
I can imagine the place where you placed the Voyageur and took this panorama. Quite different from the image taken by a ordinary camera with a wide lens. Fantastic !!! I think, this is the 180 degree + panorama. Right ? Koichi
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 6/17/2004
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Yes, I'm really looking forward to these church interiors, Roger! I hope things go well over the next couple of days so that nothing hinders you from making a start.
Have a good weekend,
Chris
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 6/17/2004
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Know what you mean, Chris. The same strange diminution as cut my favourite copse down to a shadow of itself has reduced the dark bamboo thicket to an abbreviated clump (at extreme R & L of this image but behind you when you look over the top of the fence at the copse). It is quite difficult to get good scenic effects with this camera. Interior shots will, I keep telling myself, be its forte. Wait for the CHURCHES, Chris! I hope to make a start on Sunday...
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 6/17/2004
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Having job getting my head round this one, Roger!
If the railings on the left link up with the railings on the right, there doesn't seem to be much of the area behind them ~ i.e. behind the non-railing side of the path? Or is this an optical illusion?
Fascinating!
Kind regards, Chris
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 6/17/2004
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Look forward to seeing your results with the Xpan. The angular coverage is not that great, but somehow the panoramas always seem to look good and "natural." It's a great camera design... have to love that 45mm lens. Now if only it were a stop faster!
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Edward Oest
{K:192} 6/17/2004
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Interesting perspective. I've never heard of the Voyageur Rotary. Can't located it on the web. By the way Roger, I finally bought a X-Pan
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