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bayhead_from_jetty.jpg

When I shot that panorama of the beach, I went through the menu, set it to "panorama" and it brought up the little panorama setup screen, I rotated it so I could shoot frames with the camera vertical, but then I clicked the "OK" button, which took it out of "panorama" mode! I shot 10 frames, making sure they were well overlapped (handheld, no tripod). I didn't realize it until AFTER I got home, tried to drag the pictures into the "Auto Panorama" section in the Camedia software and it kept telling me "cannot add images taken in modes other than Panorama". Then I knew I must have screwed up the settings when I was out on the jetty. I was peeved because the jetty is quite slippery, and I had to be real careful working my way out to the end of it, and the light was perfect, sun was behind me, waves were almost non-existent.... I couldn't have had better conditions! Then I realized that I still had one other thing I could try, and that was a different panorama program which I had read about and downloaded, it's called "Panorama Factory". I can't even remember where I first read about it, but I thought I'd give it a try. The results speak for themselves. Hopefully. I'll have the full panorama pictures back from "ezprints" in the next week, I'll certainly let you know how they turn out. The cool thing about Panorama Factory is that you don't need to use the actual panorama mode, or use an Oly card. If you are interested, you can download it here:

http://www.panoramafactory.com/download.html


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Knut 08-Jan-2003 23:08

Wow , what shots! Great effort , and cudos to Olympus too! Did you stich them with the Camedia Software ? I am glad I don't have to use the Camedia software , because I find it quite rudimentary and/or cumbersome. I'm glad the camera sets itself up as just another drive , so I can use my favourite phot program instead. But the panorama-feature of the Olympus Camedia software/xD picture card combo looks nice!

Knut Otterbeck
Oslo - Norway
tammie31-Dec-2002 04:42
Absolutely Awesome!! Great Work Don!
Tam (cheesehead)