[Noisebridge-discuss] Looking for Gigapan

[Michael Shiloh]

i consider gigapan less about the technology and more about the concept 
and the stitching software. and i think that is brilliant.

really, any mechanism can be used, but i would still consider that 
gigapan came up with the idea (but maybe i'm wrong).

at any rate, i'd love to see a slew of DIY gigapan projects, at 
different price/performance points.

i think this is very rich territory which extends way beyond panoramic 
views. did you see the work rich gibson's daughter molly is doing with 
electron microscopes? totally changes the way electron microscopes have 
to be scheduled, and, as you know, they are not cheap. could be applied 
to mri and cat scans as well, i assume.

what else could gigapan be applied to? i'd like to take a gigapan of my 
workshop and somehow identify everything in it so i can find it later.

m

Mark Cohen wrote:
> 
> Hey Don, 
> 
> Is that the device that requires the user to have a PocketPC? 
> 
> As for gigapan, I've not personally used one, but a friend of mine does 
> quite regularly. He had problems with the gigapan in sub freezing 
> temperatures and had to make an insulator for it. (The gearing got gummy 
> and he could hear the cogs grind) From that knowledge, I would probably 
> recommend Don's mount over the Gigapan for any temperature critical 
> areas. (Joshua Tree gets COLD at night I hear) :)
> 
> On a side note, the guy who does the Gigapan was absolutely NO help to 
> my friend. So I tend to avoid them. JMHO.
> 
> /Mark/
> 
> On Oct 7, 2009, at 5:39 PM, Don French wrote:
> 
>> No, but I have a competing device that I designed and now manufacture 
>> and sell and that I would be happy to loan you.  But you need a DSLR, 
>> not a P&S camera.  You can read about it here:  
>> http://www.thegadgetworks.com/index.html. You probably also want to 
>> read these two pages: http://www.thegadgetworks.com/products.html and 
>> http://www.thegadgetworks.com/faqs.html.  For shooting gigapixel 
>> panos, this is a far superior machine than the Gigapan (IMH and very 
>> biased O).  The About page has a little about me: 
>> http://www.thegadgetworks.com/about_us.html. 
>>
>> -- Don
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Laura Khalil <zazenergy at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:zazenergy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi all,
>>
>>     Does anyone have a gigapan they'd be willing to loan out for a
>>     short trip I'll be taking to Joshua Tree?  Alternately, if you can
>>     recommend a camera shop which rents such equipment I'd be really
>>     grateful!
>>
>>     Laura
>>
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