ROYAL Wedding - Hi def picture

Smeggypants
Posted 01/05/2011 - 21:04 Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13200114

This si pretty cool.

Anyone one know of what software was used to stitch the pics AND compile the flash app to show it?
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Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
Algernon
Posted 01/05/2011 - 21:37 Link
And they are concerned about terrorists/photographers taking photos with SLR's

The software is "Terrorist Super Stitch 200" Ha! Ha!
Half Man... Half Pentax ... Half Cucumber

Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff

Algi
Smeggypants
Posted 01/05/2011 - 22:32 Link
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[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
pentaxian450
Posted 01/05/2011 - 23:44 - Helpful Comment Link
Yves (another one of those crazy Canucks)
Smeggypants
Posted 02/05/2011 - 00:51 Link
Cheers!! - looks great
[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
gartmore
Posted 03/05/2011 - 08:31 Link
Love the ITV studio where the entire crew are ignoring the presenters and taking pictures with compacts.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Tyr
Posted 03/05/2011 - 08:51 Link
Same software as used for the Obama panorama of his inauguration.
Algernon
Posted 03/05/2011 - 09:14 Link
Shot for the BBC, a 1.15 Giga Pixel Panorama of the Royal Wedding (GigaPan)

The BBC commissioned Spherical Images to photograph this highly challenging, huge, panorama of the royal wedding.

Some details of the equipment and the shoot on Twotter
Half Man... Half Pentax ... Half Cucumber

Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff

Algi
Edited by Algernon: 03/05/2011 - 09:18
dinneenp
Posted 03/05/2011 - 12:07 Link
Reuters Team Photo Gear for Shooting the Royal Wedding (a whole lotta gear) link
Cheers,
Pa
http://www.photoblog.ie where every post have a musical reference as it's title.
SmutjeUK
Posted 03/05/2011 - 12:58 Link
dinneenp wrote:
Reuters Team Photo Gear for Shooting the Royal Wedding (a whole lotta gear) link
Cant spot the Memory Cards. Hope he has not forgotten them!
Kind regards
SmutjeUK

It's nice to be nice!

Pentax K-5 with D-GB4 Grip, to many lenses to mention by now (serious LBA by now), TC's, Lowepro Slingshot 300 AW, Manfrotto 028 & Redsnapper RS-283 with various Heads plus various Camera Clamps (I collect them). Pentax AF 360FGZ, Pentax AF 240FT, several Metz 45 CT-1 & 5 with stands and 'Blow Up' Soft Boxes, Flash Triggers, and various Macro gear.
cabstar
Posted 03/05/2011 - 17:31 Link
Leon Neal's blog about getting the kiss shot for AFP, imagine his thoughts when told the shots from teh first kiss where soft.... Bet he was counting his blessings for the second kiss...

Leon Neal's Blog
PPG Wedding photography Flickr
Concert photography

Currently on a Pentax hiatus until an FF Pentax is released

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