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:

Spherical Panoramas for HDS Point Clouds

This presentation has been prepared for the capture of Spherical Panoramas for use with data scanned with Leica Laser Scanners, but the information is also useful to anyone wishing to create Spherical Panoramas in their own right.

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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 C10 and ultra-high-speed, phased-based ranging systems, such as the new Leica HDS6100.  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 Nodal Point

The case for the Nodal Point and usage of the term..

An Investigation into the use of different Lenses for 360° Panoramas

A comparison of fisheye and rectilinear lenses for producing 360° Panoramas and importing the Cube Images into Leica Cyclone.

Comments on getting the correct Focus and Exposure for making Panoramas.

The Angle of View of a lens, or what the lens "sees", is useful for calculating the number of shots and their orientation for 360° panoramic photography.

Spherical Panoramas with a Normal Lens

Using a normal (rectilinear) lens for Spherical (360°) Panoramas.

Spheron’s SpheroCam HDR camera has re-defined full spherical photography and the term (HDR) High Dynamic Range imaging. It’s able to capture 360º panoramic 50 mega pixel images within a single scan operation, and is the first camera able to measure real world luminosity values, from the darkest shadows to the brightest sunlight.

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. Their web site states "The lightest smallest panoramic tripod head on the market today. Nodal Ninja is a solution for both amateurs and professionals alike that seek precision, portability, reliability as well as top notch support."

Red Door VR Limited are an exclusively a Mail Order supplier based in the UK (Leeds and Lancaster), and their website is their  virtual showroom.  They are a small specialist company, who pride themselves on their level of product knowledge and customer satisfaction.

PT4Pano

A new site (January 2010) in English and German offering tools and information relating to Spherical Panoramic Photography.

The Panosaurus

The Affordable, fully spherical, Panoramic Tripod Head.

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.

Manual for External Camera Workflow

After scanning with HDS, a camera, fitted to a special bracket, replaces the scanner. The bracket is placed on the same tribrach the scanner used. A fish eye lens mounted on the camera is positioned on the bracket so that the focal centre of the lens matches the optical centre of the scanner.

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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