Re: [APML] milkyway panorama with EOS 10D

[Stephan Messner <stephan@sternwarte-brennerpass.de>]

Hi Bill,

>Wow!  Great job!  I'm also very impressed with the Sigma lens you
>used. 
>
I was also suprised about the good quality of this lense.
I tried also a sigma 12-24 lense but the quality was not so good.

> I don't have that lens but I do have the Sigma 28mm f/1.8 lens.
>Have you got any idea of it's value in trying something like this?  I
>also have the Canon 10D.
>  
>
I don't hav ethe 28/1.8 but I think @ f/2.5 its possible to get good 
results.

>What sofwtare did you use for actually piecing together the panorama?
>  
>

I work with panormatools and PTGui
http://www.ptgui.com/

this software ist very good for such projects.

>I would think it would be pretty hard to piece together frames from a
>20mm lens!
>  
>

this was a very hard job! I needed over four weeks on the computer and 
sometimes I was verry down.
the disorientation with 20mm lenses is very hard and I must select 
manuell over 1000 stars to register the images.
PTGui stiched the panorama as a photoshop file with layers. so it was 
possible to correct each single layer manually in PS.


I tried also registar, but this fine program dont work for such large 
panoramas.

Now I can't see any star more 8-)

grettings
Stephan

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