Panoramic Aspect Ratios

topic posted Mon, May 2, 2005 - 4:34 PM by  Christian
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How wide is Panoramic? The answer is hard to come by. As soon as you start to get wider than 2:1, people start calling it panoramic.

Panavision is 2.35:1
A Hasselblad XPan shoots 2.71:1
And Kodak's APS format makes panoramic images at a full 3:1

Then there are the real panoramic guys who shoot 180 degree pictures, or even 360 degree pictures. You can get 4:1, 5:1, 6:1, etc, but you need to start taking multiple images and pasting them together, rotating the camera as the picture exposes, or use some kind or crazy mirror system to get pictures that wide.
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Christian
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  • Re: Panoramic Aspect Ratios

    Mon, May 2, 2005 - 4:37 PM
    Here's a great online explanation of panoramic...
    encyclopedia.lockergnome.com/s/b...aphy
    • Gaz
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      Re: Panoramic Aspect Ratios

      Mon, May 30, 2005 - 4:11 AM
      Original idea for a tribe. Aspect ratios!

      Panoramics are, to me, anything greater than 4x7. Digital cameras now come with built-in stitching software, and in theory a panoramic can be any size; though getting it printed is another matter. I print panoramics on a daily basis and the longest paper cut length is 18 inches. Anything longer than 4x18 can only be printed with a border along the top and bottom. Explaining this problem to customers is a constant source of cerebral meltdown.

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