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About This GigaPan
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David Douglass
- Explore score
- 100
- Size
- 0.14 Gigapixels
- Views
- 6014
- Date added
- September 01, 2008
- Date taken
- August 31, 2008
- Gear
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Canon Powershot G9
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- Tags
- florida, alligator, lake, boaters
- Description
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This was the very first Gigapan image I ever shot using a new Canon Powershot G9 12MP camera. I am not happy with the quality at all as there is far too much digital noise given the lighting conditions and the price of the camera. In the future I will probably use the noise reduction capabilities of Adobe Photoshop prior to running the stitching software.
This photo was taken on a dock on the North side of Alligator Lake, just east of St. Cloud, Florida.
Stitcher Notes
ToggleMinimizeGigaPan Stitcher version 0.4.2735 (Windows)
Panorama size: 144 megapixels (20595 x 7017 pixels)
Input images: 24 (8 columns by 3 rows)
Field of view: 36.5 degrees wide by 12.4 degrees high (top=1.4, bottom=-11.0)
Settings:
All default settings
Original image properties:
Camera make: Canon
Camera model: Canon PowerShot G9
Image size: 4000x3000 (12.0 megapixels)
Aperture: f/4.8
Exposure time: 0.000625
ISO: 400
Focal length (35mm equiv.): 207.7 mm
Digital zoom: off
White balance: Fixed
Exposure mode: Manual
Has subsecond timestamp: no
Horizontal overlap: 34.3 to 42.6 percent
Vertical overlap: 28.6 to 36.2 percent
Computer stats: 3071.48 MB RAM, 2 CPUs
Total time 25:10 (1:02 per picture)
Alignment: 3:12, Projection: 2:52, Blending: 19:05
David Douglass (September 01, 2008, 06:04PM )
Wow, he has some great ones! Looks like it is the ISO (part of the learning process) as several reviews mentioned that specific drawback, but still gave the camera a 'best in class'. Thanks for your input! Next one up (after the hurricanes pass) will be a lot cleaner. One neat feature I found about the camera is the ability to do time lapse video of 1-2 second delays. Pretty neat for easy stop action maybe!
David Engle (September 01, 2008, 05:11PM )
This dude shoots all his panos with a G9 and they all look fantastic: www.gigapan.org/viewProfile.php?use rid=3134
David Engle (September 01, 2008, 04:59PM )
google search for 'PSG9_CUG_EN.pdf' which is the instruction manual and then search for noise. You will find a number of pages that describe how to reduce noise. Its a lot easier finding info in a digital manual versus a paper manual. You have a fine camera... keep it! Number one for shooting panos is to always select your *lowest* available ISO.
David Douglass (September 01, 2008, 04:32PM )
Hi Tex, That's what I thought too, just got the camera yesterday and there is nothing in the manual or settings that I could find since it seemed like noise reduction would be a standard feature on a $400 model. It is possible that I missed something somewhere and will keep trying to improve quality. I got the camera to do Gigapans with and am somewhat disappointed at this stage. Shooting at a very low 80-100 ISO seems to reduce the problem significantly though. David
David Engle (September 01, 2008, 09:41AM )
check the forum and search for g9... I am considering buying a g9. Is there not a setting on the g9 to reduce noise? I have that setting on my Leica.