EMotimo TB3 Black Instructions For Use Manual - page 15
eMotimo TB3 Instructions for Use 108- Copyright © 2013 eMotimo LLC
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Panorama:
The Panorama program allows you to capture multiple row/column panoramas
using the TB3. To select Panorama, scroll down in the starting menu to
“Panorama”. Press “C” to continue.
Angle Of View (AOV) Definition – Set Pan/Tilt AOV:
When shooting overlapping panorama images, we need to tell the TB3 what your
camera can see. This term is called Angle of View. If you are shooting with a
wide-angle fish eye, you might get an angle of view of 100 degrees or more
horizontally. If you are shooting with a zoom lens on a crop-framed sensor, you
might only get an angle of view of 2-3 degrees. Because of all the things that
affect what your camera can see (sensor size, focal length of lens, % of
viewfinder covers, camera manufacturer), it would be really hard to just enter a
focal length and come close to accurately defining how much of the world you
capture in a single frame.
Our solution is for you to define the Angle of View by looking through your
camera’s lens and setting a couple of points. To do this, we need something
sharp that we can put at one corner of you viewfinder. The corner of a building,
or a mountaintop in the distance works well. If this sharp point is at one corner,
by moving completely across the frame diagonally and putting that sharp point in
the opposite corner, you are telling the TB3 the pan and tilt Angle of View in one
step. As you are moving to the second point, the TB3 gives you feedback on how
many angles you have moved for both Pan and Tilt.
TIPS–
• If you don’t have a good sharp point at a corner to start, move to in during
the first step, then hit Z to back out of the Pano program. When you jump
in again, it will be at the right place. Now, just cruise to that second point
and take a look at the AOV.
• Use a sharp point far away from the camera like a house or mountaintop
in the distance. If you use a fencepost 3 feed from you, it won’t be as
accurate.
• Turn on your Live View function. If you don’t have a 100% viewfinder, the
corners will move slightly, making you angle of view less accurate.