Lately I have been keen on taking pictures and time lapses of the sky and its wonderful happenings. You can see two examples here: In this two short videos it was fundamental to know the exact position of the moon …

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You may have already read my post on how to build your own pano-head, but this time I will show you a completely new way to do so. The pano-head built in the link above was great, but I wanted something better, …

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IMPORTANT UPDATE -> The BoneHead, a custom built pano-head I have been taking panoramas for a long time always hand-holding the camera, I quickly noticed how hard it is to do this in a small ambient. To avoid strong parallax …

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EDIT: In the following article I am erroneously talking of “nodal point” but the correct term is no-parallax-point or entrance pupil, infact: The nodal points are widely misunderstood in photography, where it is commonly asserted that the light rays “intersect” …

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I have just implemented krpano viewer on my panorama website. Now you can smoothly see even Gigapixel panoramas! Try out Bologna form Above at 200 Megapixel and don’t forget to ZOOM!

I’ve just made a new panorama, and I have to honestly admit that this is the coolest ever! Have a look yourself: The panorama was shot from Bologna’s Asinelli Tower, the exact center spot of my hometown. The camera used …

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