Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The problem is that you will be pointing the lens in different direction with Panning.... which means that the image perspective is different for each frame.... Perspective is always dependent on distance to the subject, but too, in that definition is that the subject is always in the same relative angle to the camera. When you pan, this breaks the rules...perspective changes. Do you remember the old Circuit cameras that made images from a moving lens? ( More modern examples are the Panon and Widelux Cameras...)..... The particular perspective could not be copied compared to stitching.... because at each and every image location ( think in terms of a swinging lens that moves in precise increments) is perpendicular to the lens.... Whereas in WA lenses, the extreme right and left of the image is actually quite an angle from the optical axis of the lens.... The results are different.... ( not better, not worse, just different).... The most interesting thing about this topic is that the swinging camera approach is most close to what your brain actually sees through your eyes... you usually pan your head when you look at a scene... rarely do you use peripheral vision, which is more like a WA lens ..... OTOH, 99.99999999999% of the population would never know the difference.... and of those that do, 99.9999999% would not care. But don't let an architect catch you...... Frank Filippone Red735i at earthlink.net I am trying to understand if I can take a wide angle photo using panning/stitching with a normal lens that would look like it was taken with a WA lens. My specific question is if I can get the same coverage and perspective using an 80mm Hassy lens and panning/stitching 3 or 4 overlapping shot as I could with the 40mm Hassy. If so how would this best be accomplished? Standing back further with the 80 than with the 40 or just at the same spot with the panning. Would the image's perspective be the same?