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Autumn Fields, Evening

By:Ron Schott (rschott) on November 2, 2008
Tags: 70x15 , beta , fields , autumn , kansas

Taken over the course of an hour, this is a view of the fields of northwest Ellis County, Kansas in late autumn. I caught an individual shot with an eight point buck just before I set this one up. Don't know if he's hiding in here, but there's certainly lots to find.

This is my first large landscape shot with the Canon SX10 IS at the full 20x zoom. There's a small hole where the camera missed a photo - otherwise I'm very pleased.

Date Taken: November 2, 2008
Date Added: November 3, 2008
Bookmarked: 3 times
Total Views: 3980 views
Gear: Canon SX10 IS on GigaPan Beta robotic mount
Snapshots: 16
Size: 3.65 gigapixels
Field of View: 150.5 degrees wide, 22.7 degrees high
Stitcher Notes: view


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November 8, 2008 15:32 Flag as inappropriate

Nice Pan. Love to see the 20x zoom really work out in this shot. I got an SX110 with 10x, and my systems are struggling with mere 100 shot pans.

Posted by jturley
November 8, 2008 15:33 Flag as inappropriate

PS Geotag this. I'd like to pinpoint the location of the old farm house.

Posted by jturley
November 8, 2008 16:25 Flag as inappropriate

Hi James, Glad you like it. I love your Lake Tahoe shots. Wish I had some mountains... It's geotagged now. The alignment is pretty good - both grain elevators are right where they are supposed to be. Not sure if you'll be able to pinpoint the farmhouse though, because the camera location is in an area of Kansas that has only 15 meter resolution (feels like the third world) and the farmhouse may or may not be in an area of 1 meter satellite resolution nearby. [C'mon, Google, get that GeoEye satellite data of Kansas into Google Earth already!]

Posted by rschott
February 11, 2009 13:53 Flag as inappropriate

Unbelievable pan, You have sold me on the sx10. Do you have any tips on mounting it on the gigapan? Thanks

Posted by logdoggy
February 12, 2009 12:32 Flag as inappropriate

I really need to make a more complete blog post or video about the adapter plate I'm using, but in the meantime here's a scan of the plate showing the spacing of the holes with a ruler for scale: http://ron.outcrop.org/images/S5IS_mounting_plate_600w.jpg I hope that helps.

Posted by rschott
February 18, 2009 13:28 Flag as inappropriate

Thanks for posting template for the Canon sx10is. any other tips for shooting this camera would be greatly appreciated .

Posted by logdoggy
March 9, 2009 13:12 Flag as inappropriate

Do you have problem mounting the S10 IS. I thought the camera Handle will be in the way of the Epic Shutter trigger unit. My G1 cannot mount in the Epic, do you face the same problem?

Posted by choomengfoo
July 19, 2009 20:18 Flag as inappropriate

Hi Ron, very nice GigaPan. I wonder what was your focus point and what is your aperture value. I still have problems to set these two correctly to get such a detailed GigaPan. I just purchased a Canon SX 10 IS and I didn't have to custom fit it on the Epic 100 as it is compatible. Thanks for your answer, Vincent Royer royerv@videotron.ca

Posted by royerv
July 28, 2009 11:53 Flag as inappropriate

Hi Vincent - sorry for the slow reply - I'm currently on the road, GigaPanning. On this one I chose a focus point in the woods in the valley below the cliff, somewhere just left of center of the completed image. Pretty much everything in this view is at an infinite focal point, so the decision making on this wasn't so hard. I generally focus on a distance equivalent to the average of the most interesting parts of the GigaPan. Rarely is this the foreground; most commonly infinity. I'm pretty sure that the aperture was set for f/5.7 as this is likely what the full auto setting suggested. I love the Canon SX10 IS / Epic 100 combination. I use it almost exclusively now.

Posted by rschott