Thu, 28 August 2008
 I've signed up to help beta test the new GigaPan computerized camera system. Ever since I was a kid and became fascinated by widescreen movie formats like Cinerama, CinemaScope and such, I've white-trashed my own half-vast panoramas. During college, I even experimented with putting anamorphic lenses on my Minolta Autopak-8 D4 camera to give a scope aspect ratio to my Super 8 movies. Of late, I've been snapping two or three horizontal images with my Canon PowerShot SD950 IS to get quick-and-dirty panoramas. The view above is an example of this. I shot this two-panel panorama yesterday from the 22nd floor of the Chicago Tribune Tower. (See a larger version here.) GigaPan seems a little complicated. I hope I'm up to the task. If all goes as planned, I'll be shooting some panoramas this weekend. ChicagoScope feedback line: 312-683-5272. Send e-mail to ChicagoScope@gmail.com. Category:Technology
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I'm Leigh Hanlon, a writer and photographer in Chicago. Before moving to the Windy City, I worked at daily and weekly newspapers in Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. (Photo by Marty Larkin)
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