Pano2VR is a panorama software to convert panoramic images into the Quicktime VR (QTVR) or Macromedia Flash 8 and 9 format.Pano2VR runs nativly on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X (Intel/PPC), and Linux.

Pano2QTVR is a panorama software to convert panoramic images and Object Movies into the Quicktime VR (QTVR) or Macromedia Flash 8 format.  Pano2QTVR runs only on Microsoft Windows and it depends on QuickTime.

PanoramaStudio

Creates seamless 360 degree and wide angle panoramas.
Stitches your photos to huge panoramic images within minutes:

HDS (High Definition Surveying) is the combination of EDM (Electromagnetic Distance Measurement) and electronic Angle measurement to rapidly measure a very large number of 3D points to Surveying and Engineering precision.  Leica Geosystems' product family includes powerful and versatile time-of-flight ranging systems such as the Leica ScanStation 2 and ultra-high-speed, phased-based ranging systems, such as the new Leica HDS6000.  Leica Cyclone and Leica CloudWorx software provide a full set of Leica-quality geo-referencing, surveying, and CAD integrated engineering tools for creating accurate deliverables and managing large scan data sets with unparalleled ease.

Lantern House, Ilfracombe, A Regency Retreat by the Sea

A wonderful North Devon holiday home; perfect for families and large groups, comfortably sleeping up to 12 people with ample living space, stunning sea and harbour views, and a delightful enclosed, sheltered garden.

Contains 360° panoramas created with the Sigma 8mm lens and PTGui.

Ancient Technology Centre, Cranborne, Dorset

Panoramic images at the Ancient Technology Centre in Cranborne, Dorset, inside the Earthouse, Roundhouse and Viking Longhouse.

Contains 360° panoramas created with the Sigma 8mm lens and PTGui.

Create your own Panoramas

Panoramas are straightforward to create from images from just about any camera, with the help of low cost software.  This page is intended to encourage you to create your own Panoramas.

For a lens to be used effectively for Photographic Intersection the location of the Front Nodal Point must be accurately determined.

Comments on making use of the knowledge of the behaviour and location of the Nodal point of a lens for various Panorama and Photographic Intersection applications.

The Panosaurus

The Affordable, fully spherical, Panoramic Tripod Head.

Nodal Ninja

Nodal Ninja is a specially designed spherical tripod head allowing the photographer to adjust a camera and lens so the “entrance pupil” (front nodal point) is exactly over its correct rotational axis. This helps to eliminate parallax error inherent when shooting multiple images.   Their web site states "The lightest smallest panoramic tripod head on the market today. Nodal Ninja is a low cost solution for both amateurs and professionals alike that seek precision, portability, reliability as well as top notch support."

Manfrotto

The Manfrotto pan head permits the photographer to take sequential constant-angle shots around a single axis with his or her camera either in portrait or landscape position, and with the nodal point of the camera lens in line with the centre of panoramic rotation to ensure that parallax effects do not cause problems during image stitching.

Getting Started Guide for PTGui

PTGui is a flexible and comprehensive software with excellent Tutorials on their web site, but I found that some users have found that this guide useful.

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Creating a "Tripod Cap" for a 360° Panorama

There are excellent 360° panoramas where the camera appears have been suspended in space, but I found it easier and much less time consuming to use a "tripod cap" to mask out the tripod at the nadir of the panorama, but found little help on the Internet as how to do this, so created this guide.

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