http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/ Engadget Comments for GigaPan Epic imager released, your party photos will never be the same http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 31st 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/But it doesn't look that big to me

But I guess it's kind of a trade off
Have a picture with a higher resolution than real life OR take a "crappy" 10 MP foto with the sides of the panorama cut off]]>Jan 30th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/
Any large format film camera simply dwarfs this system, so look at the potential quality vs. the size. I would say that's a very acceptable trade off. Ansel Adams sure as hell didn't complain about using 8x10 view cameras and plate-glass negatives that he had to coat and develop on a mountain himself. So if it's quality you're after, I wouldn't complain about the size of this thing - lest the photography gods smite every piece of equipment you own.]]>Jan 30th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/
The world of porn will never be the same again..]]>Jan 30th 2009 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis
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This would actually make it suck for parties, because you either have everybody freeze for the five minutes it may take to take every possible shot or your mates will suddenly become omnipresent.]]>Jan 30th 2009 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/
I think this is meant for some things on a grander scale. Like the outdoors or maybe a large sporting event/stadium.

If you're trying to use this inside your apartment or house, you're probably a moron.]]>Jan 30th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.adorama.com/BG303SPH.html?searchinfo=panoramic&item_no=4 This is a manfrotto and here, it is over $500. A fully ROBOTIC one is not only cooler, but cheaper as well. :-) From what I have read, it works out where you need the next shot, and does them all, at once. I can't imagine that Manfrotto is going to be happy.

But, that being said, you CAN pull off hand-held, as well. I love doing panoramas. Here are a couple I have done hand-held or on a normal tripod mount:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryfter/3208966536/ - hand held
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryfter/2978452881/ - in this one, if you look close, the buildings near the right are kind of leaning. And, it gets worse. From my understanding, the dedicated heads prevent that from occurring, because they pivot the lens, not the camera body. This was with a normal tripod.]]>Jan 30th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15374&window_height=570&window_width=999

And having it come in under five hundie:
SOOOOLD AMERICAN $$$$$!]]>Jan 30th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=HNIvJlx0E4U&feature=related

... great for panoramas of your gf taking a bath. 3 rows, 6 columns is a decent poster size
]]>Jan 30th 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Getting a 160 to 180 degree view of a room would be great for real estate photos.]]>Jan 30th 2009 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/Jan 30th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/30/gigapan-epic-imager-released-your-party-photos-will-never-be-th/]]>Jan 30th 2009 11:42AM