The following were taken with the Canon Optura Pi. Click on the small pictures to see larger versions. Note that some browsers do not seem to be able to show the full width of the big images; in those cases the right end of the image might be clipped off.
This was my first attempt at a panorama. 180+ degree view, created from 15 images taken using the progressive scan mode. To assure minimal changes in the water and clouds, I found that I had to rotate the camcorder rather quickly through the arc. So I used 1/250s shutter speed. Unfortunately the water is calmest early in the morning, when sun is right across, so I had to wait for a cloudy day... Despite that the sky was still rather bright, so I bumped up the exposure a bit, which explains the over-exposure of the sky on the right side, and houses are still a bit too dark!
The small image above links to a medium sized version of the image; click here to see the 2560x444 original, which is 256K.
The above picture is from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, and is composed of 28 separate images. I took the video without a tripod, and apparently ended up aiming the camcorder lower and lower towards the right end of the scene. When I put the images together, I discovered that the common vertical area between them was about 350 pixels, so I had to "bend" the image in the middle for a more reasonable result.
This image is 4976x409, weighs in at 492K.
This vertical panorama is also from Golden Gate Park. It's 576x1874, 260K, and is created from 12 images. I had to increase the brightness of this image, as the original footage was a bit too dark. Unfortunately it's still a bit too dark.
This 8471x441 panaroma is of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is taken from San Carlos hills, facing North. San Bruno Mountain is on the left side of the picture, with San Francisco Airport in front of that, San Francisco and the Bay Bridge are on the middle-left, Oakland middle-right, and San Mateo Bridge and Foster City are on the right. The panaroma is 400K and is composed of 23 separate images.
Another one from the San Francisco Bay Area hills, this time Belmont, facing East. This panaroma is 2241 x 421, 196K, and is composed of 11 images.
Here's some info on how these panoramas were put together.
