Seeing the World One Pixel at a Time

I am sure you have seen those brilliant panoramic images of a stunning skyline at night or the breathtaking view from the top of a mountain. Well now there is an easy way to capture those images and share them with the world.

Traditionally you would set your camera up on a tripod and shoot an image, slightly pan your camera, shoot another image and repeat the process until you had a dozen or so images. Then you would need to take those images into some editing software, such as Photoshop, and run an action that would stitch those images together to make one image.

Well now that is all made simpler with the use of GigaPan Systems Epic Pro. This product is essentially a robotic device that you mount your camera to that will allow you to program in a specific panoramic shot that you wish to take. The Epic Pro walks you through the appropriate steps of your panoramic image by first setting your upper right starting point and lower left ending point. You can set the camera to take up to 20 images per location. Allowing you exposure bracketing or multiple image enhancement The device then directs your camera to take hundreds or even thousands of photos and organizes them into the correct order to generate the panoramic image.

What takes the GigaPan to the next level is its online network of uploaded images. By going to GigPan.org you can upload your panoramic image. The website gives you the ability to share detailed images that are found within your larger panoramic, along with tags, a description, the equipment you took the photo with (such as camera body, lenses, etc.), how many snapshots are stitched together to make your photo, as well as an area that allows viewers to comment on your photo. In addition the image is location aware and plots where your panoramic was taken on a google map.

This device, although it comes with a hefty price tag, allows users to create amazing panoramic photos with ease as well as share them with other users of GigPan. Secondly a community of photographers is created in which they can swap information on how a particular shot was done or offer feedback on a particular shot. The GigaPan Epic Pro is definitely a superb device with an almost endless realm of capabilities.