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| − | '''Panorama Cameras''' (or '''Panoramic Cameras''') are cameras designed to take photos with a very wide horizontal angle, but normal vertical angle - resulting in normal height, but very wide photos. Typically these are of landscapes or large group of people arranged in a long row - such as the "classic" whole school or whole team photo. | + | '''Panorama Cameras''' (or '''Panoramic Cameras''') are cameras designed to take photos with a very wide horizontal angle, but normal vertical angle - resulting in normal height, but very wide photos. Typically these are of landscapes or large group of people arranged in a long row - such as the "classic" whole school or whole team photo (or, of course, very tall narrow photos of, say, tall buildings, if you turn the camera sideways). |
There are several ways to design a panoramic camera to operate: | There are several ways to design a panoramic camera to operate: | ||
* Keep the camera still, but swing a normal lens across the scene - perhaps using a slit-shaped shutter. This is how, for example, the [[Horizon|Horizont]] and [[Al Vista]] are built. | * Keep the camera still, but swing a normal lens across the scene - perhaps using a slit-shaped shutter. This is how, for example, the [[Horizon|Horizont]] and [[Al Vista]] are built. | ||
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* Move the whole camera - manually, or with some motorised mechanism, keeping the film still by winding it in synchronisation with the rotation. | * Move the whole camera - manually, or with some motorised mechanism, keeping the film still by winding it in synchronisation with the rotation. | ||
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* Use a wide angle lens, but crop the picture vertically; this is how the [[APS]] panorama format is implemented. | * Use a wide angle lens, but crop the picture vertically; this is how the [[APS]] panorama format is implemented. | ||
| − | * Use a normal lens, but | + | |
| − | * Move the camera, taking a number of separate, normal-sized pictures, and assemble the frames into a single picture later. This is a technique which can be used on a number of [[digital camera]]s - usually requiring the user to move the camera and operate the shutter-release, with software providing a guide to lining up the shots. | + | * Use a normal lens in a normal camera, but add a panoramic setting which rearranges the frame to spread across a number of normal-sized frames; some recent 35mm cameras have this feature. Some [[disposable camera]]s are fixed in this format, such as the '''Fuji QuickSnap Panorama 35mm''' and the '''Kodak Panoramic 35''' disposables. |
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| + | * Move the camera, taking a number of separate, normal-sized pictures, and assemble the frames into a single picture later. This is a technique which can be used on a number of [[digital camera]]s - usually requiring the user to move the camera and operate the shutter-release, with software providing a guide to lining up the shots. <!-- My Coolpix P3 has this feature --> | ||
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* Rotate the camera, making a video recording. Use software to convert the video into a still image. | * Rotate the camera, making a video recording. Use software to convert the video into a still image. | ||
| − | See [[:Category: Panorama]] (including [[:Category: 35mm_panorama|35mm]] and [[Category:120_film_panorama|120]] models). | + | See [[:Category: Panorama]] for some panoramic cameras (including [[:Category: 35mm_panorama|35mm]] and [[Category:120_film_panorama|120]] models). |
[[Category: Camera architecture]] | [[Category: Camera architecture]] | ||
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Panorama Cameras (or Panoramic Cameras) are cameras designed to take photos with a very wide horizontal angle, but normal vertical angle - resulting in normal height, but very wide photos. Typically these are of landscapes or large group of people arranged in a long row - such as the "classic" whole school or whole team photo (or, of course, very tall narrow photos of, say, tall buildings, if you turn the camera sideways).
There are several ways to design a panoramic camera to operate:
- Keep the camera still, but swing a normal lens across the scene - perhaps using a slit-shaped shutter. This is how, for example, the Horizont and Al Vista are built.
- Move the whole camera - manually, or with some motorised mechanism, keeping the film still by winding it in synchronisation with the rotation.
- Use a wide angle lens, but crop the picture vertically; this is how the APS panorama format is implemented.
- Use a normal lens in a normal camera, but add a panoramic setting which rearranges the frame to spread across a number of normal-sized frames; some recent 35mm cameras have this feature. Some disposable cameras are fixed in this format, such as the Fuji QuickSnap Panorama 35mm and the Kodak Panoramic 35 disposables.
- Move the camera, taking a number of separate, normal-sized pictures, and assemble the frames into a single picture later. This is a technique which can be used on a number of digital cameras - usually requiring the user to move the camera and operate the shutter-release, with software providing a guide to lining up the shots.
- Rotate the camera, making a video recording. Use software to convert the video into a still image.
See Category: Panorama for some panoramic cameras (including 35mm and models).
