dreslism
Veteran
Location: Rochester Hills, MI
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From my previous post I'm still trying to find out if each image is 3MP, would that be enough for really decent sphericals? As soon as I set my S7000 for continous mode its sets the resolution to 3MP
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No one here can answer that for you. It would depend on the camera and the quality of the glass and the resulting images you are getting, and what your intentions are for the resulting pano.
Answer the question for yourself.
Do what I tell everyone to do before they try one in the air.
Go grab your mount, stand on a table or chair in your backyard, hold your mount above your head and away from your body with one arm, then flip your Tx switch which will pan your mount and take picts continuously.
Once it goes around more than 360, then stop and go take the resulting pictures and put them into ptgui and see what you get.
This will help you answer your question, and may point out some issues that you can fix on your mount, or camera orientation/angle before you waste time putting it into the air.
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| My next question is what should I charge a client for a spherical? Compared to a still shoot, that way I will convert it into my currency for a basic idea
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Well that is going to be market dependent, and you are in SA, but think of it as you will have a session fee to shoot the pano (similar to a still shoot), then you have post processing time(how long does it take you to stitch/patch, and put out a sellable pano??) which should be a fee, plus the exclusivity of "You can't get a spherical any other way without me doing it with my technology.", which should also be a fee.
Add those up and you have your price for a spherical.
If you have not done any from the air yet, it may be a while before you are ready to charge for these. They are NOT trivial to execute and put out good results. Once you get it down, it almost becomes a science to you, but you need practice to get your workflow down and know how to fix issues that can arise.
--Scott
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