Sunday, April 19, 2009

GigaPan robotic panoramic camera device

* Creating a panoramic experience *
Richard Taylor tries out the GigaPan http://gigapansystems.com robotic camera device which builds hundreds of pictures into a panoramic experience. http://gigapan.org
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8004657.stm
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Partners
GigaPan was developed by Carnegie Mellon University in collaboration with NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group, with support from Google

Epic 100 now available to fit larger point and shoot digital cameras and smaller DSLR cameras
 
The GigaPan Epic 100 comes with fully integrated software, the GigaPan Stitcher, which automatically combines photos to create gigapixel panoramas and uploads them to GigaPan.org. Specially designed to fit larger point and shoot cameras, the Epic 100 is also compatible with several small DSLR cameras. The Epic 100 can support a camera and lens combination of up to 3 lbs. See below for a complete list of features. For a list of compatible cameras visit our camera list.

For a camera to fit on the GigaPan Epic, it should be no more than approx. 111 mm wide (left to right) and 45 mm deep (front to back)

For a camera to fit on the GigaPan Epic 100, it should be no more than approx. 148 mm wide (left to right) and 69 mm deep (front to back)