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Need someone from Germany to make it...

48design48design Posts: 12
edited 2010-11-29 00:51 in Propeller 1
Hi everybody!

I need someone that creates a panorama-machine for me. The thing is, because I already own all parts necessary, I need some german boy/girl/man/woman that best lives here around the area I live. Please drop me a line if you are interested in helping me out!
email: fg(AT)48design(DOT)de

If you don't live near Karlsruhe or Mannheim here in Germany please do also write me an email. That would be okay, too!

THANK YOU!


Ein paar Worte

Comments

  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-11-25 09:38
    Was ist ein Panorama Machine?
  • 48design48design Posts: 12
    edited 2010-11-25 09:57
    Something like this:
    http://www.gigapanbot.de/panobot.htm
  • MagIO2MagIO2 Posts: 2,243
    edited 2010-11-25 10:55
    Nettes Projekt, wie stellst Du Dir denn die Zusammenarbeit vor? Soll das Ger
  • StefanL38StefanL38 Posts: 2,292
    edited 2010-11-25 13:21
    Hi,

    Propuser Clemens has a finished project PanoCam

    here is the link to the thread

    Finished Project: PanoCam

    best regards

    Stefan
  • 48design48design Posts: 12
    edited 2010-11-25 13:32
    Thank you for all those replies in a relatively short amount of time!

    @MagIO2
    Ich habe null Ahnung von Elektrotechnik und nach PHP, ActionScript und MaxScript h
  • ericballericball Posts: 774
    edited 2010-11-25 13:55
    It appears to me there are three main parts to the project:

    1. Camera interface to allow the microcontroller to trigger the shutter and maybe adjust other variables.
    2. The pano head which positions the camera so the axis of rotation is around the no-parallax point for the camera+lens+focus+f/stop combination.
    3. The motor control to allow the microcontroller to rotate the camera as desired.

    1 & 2 are somewhat camera specific, so you'd need to make it custom for your camera.

    On the other hand, you can get great results with less than a full pano rig. (I've made some using handheld shots.) You just need to follow some easy rules:

    1. Overlap the pictures! Stitching requires identifying common points between shots. No overlap (or no usable control points) means no panorama. A lot of guides recommend 20-30% overlap. I say find something on the edge of one shot and put it in the center of the next shot (~50% overlap) to give yourself plenty of opportunity to find good control points.

    2. Rotate the camera, not yourself. (Otherwise you will have parallax errors with foreground objects.) There is an ideal no-parallax point somewhere in the middle of the lens, so the closer you get the better. Tripods are a good idea, but even a post or your son's head is better than nothing.

    3. If possible, shoot a constant exposure, white balance and uncompressed (RAW) photos. Hugin can compensate (somewhat) for exposure & white balance and it's possible to make a good panorama from JPGs (heck even cameraphone pix).
  • 48design48design Posts: 12
    edited 2010-11-25 14:02
    @ericball
    You are right. I have lots of thoughts on all that and also some (code) examples but I can't manage that because I'm a noob! ^^
    1 & 2 are usable for lots of cameras with the right interface, I think. 3 is the easiest thing for someone who knows about electronics and the propeller chip... right? ;o)

    I definitely need a full pano rig, that's why I need somebody to help me doing this. I already take HDR panoramas with a fisheye but it's not the best way to do that.
  • 48design48design Posts: 12
    edited 2010-11-26 00:01
    The hardware I got, for all those interested:
    - Propeller Proto USB Board
    - Touchscreen (PTP "Shield", www.rayslogic.com/Propeller/Products/PTP/PTP.htm)
    - two motors with encoders (emg30)
    - H-Bridge (L298)

    Steps to be done:
    - use Touchscreen to start/stop, timelapse de-/activation, bracketing and exposure settings
    - USB remote cable for triggering cameras (nikon and/or canon via MTP/PTP)
    - perhaps some IR connection for some other/older cameras
    - adjustments of tilt and shift motor
    - great would be some power adaptor and a good rechargable battery or maybe some solar panel charging *g*
    - best would be to pack all those components into a "nice" cover (metal/aluminium) to fit on a regular tripod

    The stitching of all those generated images is made afterwards by software (www.autopano.net/en/photo-stitching-solutions/autopano-giga.html)

    Please send me an eMail to the adress above if you are interested in "making me happy"! ;o)

    One thing to clearify: I need some guy from Germany only because it's a lot easier to hand the hardware over, get it back again and maybe learn something about how it is done. Having no clue about electronics AND learn it in English language is not the right way, I think. I don't want to discriminate against someone by saying "Germans only"! :D
  • AleAle Posts: 2,363
    edited 2010-11-26 02:15
    All the camera specific parts can be tested when you build your camera turn-table. You operate it manually and then compose the images. Then you go to the ucontrolled version :). I'm not german but live a bit north from that area :)
  • 48design48design Posts: 12
    edited 2010-11-26 02:34
    Ale wrote: »
    All the camera specific parts can be tested when you build your camera turn-table. You operate it manually and then compose the images. Then you go to the ucontrolled version :). I'm not german but live a bit north from that area :)

    Maybe I should have written "in Germany" and not "from Germany"... ;)
  • AleAle Posts: 2,363
    edited 2010-11-26 02:49
    Certanly :)
  • 48design48design Posts: 12
    edited 2010-11-26 03:44
    @Ale
    Understanding electronic things in my native language is definitely much easier so my entry title isn't that wrong... ;)

    By the way: if there should be more hardware to buy for that project I would not say NO... just contact me and we will discuss everything.
  • 48design48design Posts: 12
    edited 2010-11-29 00:51
    @MagIO2
    Interesse?

    @All
    W
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