SkiVR Virtual Reality with panoramas Everything about Panoramic Photography

 

 

Panorama shot at end of Christmas diner (Christmas Pudding, typical desert in Pyrenees
-> Nikon D3X + Nikkor 10.5 fisheye attached on basic tripod and Nodal Ninja Ultimate R1
-> RAW treatment: Adobe Lightroom 3
-> Stitching: PTGui

All owners of poles or long monopods know how difficult it is to carry these stuffs with them in car/plane/wherever you want without hurting anyone and not damaging the product itself ! Nodal Ninja just released a dedicated case compatible either with P1 or P2 poles fully folded with R1/R10 panoramic head installed on top of it. Case is fully padded inside to protect the pole and content of case. Some straps inside prevent move of pole inside case.
Large external pocket and little places inside allow you to carry easily accessories and little parts you need on site.
Strap included allows you to use it as carry-on bag on shoulder.
Product is avalaible already in store on this page: http://go.skivr.com/polecase

During conference about Panoramic Photography at Palmela, Portugal, last june (Palmela 2011), Alain Hamblenne, famous belgium panoramic photographer, has presented 3D panorama technology, concerns about it, solutions and specific needs compared with “regular” panorama technology. Conference was in french, and I did my best to offer translation in french directly during conference. Whole conference is avalaible in stream below (first five minutes are muted due to a technical glitch during record at event !).

Warm thank you at Karyn Laudisi and Thomas Rauscher of Garden Gnome Software for footage and video editing.

After more than one year of wait, Canon at least released the so expected Zoom fisheye lens 8-15mm f/4. Experience and use will let us know if it’s a good compromise for panoramic photographers that would give us both fisheye and wide angle possibilities in same lens.
Now that lens start to be avalaible on public market, Nodal Ninja has been able to develop quickly one new lens ring compatible with Ultimate R1/R10 panoramic heads and the brand new Ultimate Modular panoramic heads. The ring attaches easily and very efficiently with concentric setup, to prevent any damage at ring. Just autofocus and distance switches are no more avalaible once ring is installed on lens, focus and zoom rings are still fully avalaible
You can order that new ring as soon as now in shop and first deliveries will occur around september 16/20th 2011 (estimated). In all matters, just have a look at our nearly realtime stock status so you can check easily if we have received them and are still in stock !

As some of you have probably already noticed by sending me recently some emails or checking SkiVR Facebook page, I installed a dedicated support website (http://support.skivr.com). That website has different goals listed below for the most important ones:

• Easily centralise all your questions, requests and emails. Support website is linked with online shop and use same credentials for easiest access and follow-up both for you and me. All emails exchanged are archived forever and you can access them easily at your wish.
• Create FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) to allow you easier and quicker access at most requested questions and issues. Search tool simple and fast is there to find easily what you need.

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After first announcement begin of 2011 year, tripod adapter for Nodal Ninja poles is at least avalaible , first deliveries in next few days. Manufacturer published an official article here.
P1 and P2 poles have a lot of success, due to modularity, lightweight, sturdy, ease of use and multiples configurations possibilities. Footplate lets you use it easily outside in the field on all sorts of ground, such as rocks, loose soil, but also tiles, easily with the different pins included and the soft plastic underneath the footplate.
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