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QuickStart user manual written by Bart Wilson
Edited by Michael Rondinelli
All materials Copyright ©2008 EyeSee360 Inc. All Rights Reserved.
IMPORTANT NOTE
You can break the tabs on your GoPano
case if you are not careful. Please follow
these 3 steps below to opening your
GoPano optic the correct way.
PUT ON FLAT SURFACE
Please place your GoPano
case on a flat surface like a
table. Press the GoPano
against the table with one
hand grabbing the end
where the red plastic dust
plug is. With your other
hand lift up the tab on the
end.
Then move your hand up
the case to the top tab and
lift the tab up while trying to
lift the case up with your
hand holding the back of
the case.
Viola! Your case will open.
Becasue the case and tabs
are freshly vacuum formed
plastic, opening up the case
will get easier with more frequent openings. Never pull
too hard on the tabs as they
will break.
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SET THE FOCUS TO MACRO
(A) See the close up flower icon?
Press this until you see the
Flower Icon on the back of your
camera. This sets the camera to
focus on the mirror.
Turn VR OFF.
VR (Vibration Reduction) is a feature available on a lot of cameras
but is incompatible with the
GoPano optic.
FLASH. Turn OFF.
You will see a circle icon with a
LIGHTNING bolt in the center.
Turn DIAL to M for Manual.
F-Stop for Point & Shoot
Cameras
Use an F-stop between F6.1 and
F7.4
F-Stop for SLR Cameras
Use an F-stop of F22 or higher.
Choose Close Up or Macro
Mode
If your point and shoot camera
has a Macro close up mode
(Flower or Face icon), use it to
focus on the mirror.
Shutter Speed
Set this to the desired setting
that works with your indoor or
out door lighting.
Typically indoor settings will
be*
1, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60
Outdoor Settings will be*
1/125, 1/250, 1/300
*Experiment and write down the
settings that work best for you.
Lighting will always play a big
role in how good your images
come out. Practice will pay off
with great looking panoramas.
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IMPORTANT NOTE
If your camera has a close up mode
(Flower or Face icon) use it to focus on
your mirror. Press the shutter lightly to
get it to focus on the mirror. Your
image should be clean and sharp like
the example above - not blurry.
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SHUTTERBUG SAM SAYS:
If your circular donut images are not coming out right, 90% of the
problems can all be attributed to one problem that’s so easy to resolve.
You are simply ZOOMING in too much, or NOT zooming OUT enough.
Below are visual examples of two problems and the ideal (correct)
image. Please follow the GOOD example for zooming out and your results will be a whole lot better.
Your camera make and model will vary but this is what you are aiming
for when using your GoPano optic. Try to make your circular image
like the first camera below.
WAY TOO BIG!
You’ll lose field of view
with images that are
zoomed out too big like
this.
WAY TOO SMALL!
If you don’t make your
GoPano circular image big
enough, you’ll have poor
resolution or a “funky”
looking panorama.
PICTURE PERFECT!
You need to ZOOM out a
few click stops so your
donut image kisses the top
and bottom. If you exceed
the top and bottom a hair,
that’s ok, just don’t go TOO
big.
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SHUTTERBUG SAM SAYS:
Your point and shoot camera has to be set to a CLOSE UP icon (Nikon,
Sony, Olympus, Kodak, Minolta, Panasonic Lumix, Canon G6 or G9, etc.)
Find the Tulip (Flower) or the Face (Close Up) icon on your camera and
make SURE this is turned on.
See below. The top camera is circle is perfect, but the image seems
blurry. F-stop is good, other settings are good you just forgot one tiny
step.
TURN THE CLOSE UP SETTING ON.
Note the bottom donut image looks perfect, sharp and clear. This is your
goal.
PERFECT & CRISP
Most every camera has the
Close Up Macro setting. It
is either a Flower or a Face
icon. Make sure yours is
turned on. When you barely
press the shutter, the
image will be crisp and focused like this.
BLURRY. NOT GOOD.
NOT having your Flower or
Close Up Face icon turned
ON is the reason why your
image will look like the example here. Your camera
needs to focus on the mirror
which is 170mm away from
the lens.
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SHUTTERBUG SAM SAYS:
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he BEST way to get the most out of your GoPano one shot system is to set your camera (regardless of make or model) to M for manual. Then adjust the Shutter Speed to
the desired setting that is optimum for INSIDE and OUTSIDE photography.
TOO DARK. YUK!
The F-stop is fine, the Close Up is on. But
the image is too dark. The reason: The
Shutter speed is too fast. This image was
taken at 1/250th of a second which is
why the image is a bit dark.
BETTER, BUT STILL TOO DARK
You can see a bit more detail but this
image is still a bit too dark. The Shutter speed was reduced to 1/60th of a
second, but as you clearly see, this
needs to be a longer exposure, not a
shorter one.
OOPS! TOO MUCH. OVER-EXPOSED
This is a full second and is resulting in
the room being over exposed. In some
rooms, 1 second will be perfect, but for
this shot, 1 second is just too much. Reduce your shutter speed a bit if you see
over exposed donut images like this.
PERFECT!
The shutter speed was reduced to
1/15th of a second and for the light in
this room, it resulted in a picture perfect shot. You will need to experiment
and write down settings that work for
you for both inside and outside shots.
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SHUTTERBUG SAM SAYS:
The single biggest problem in seeing noise or grain in your panoramic
images is the fact that your ISO (Film Speed) is set to AUTO or the
wrong setting. ISO on digital cameras simulates film speed. So for fast
action shots, you would normally choose film rated at ISO 400 or even
800. But for panoramas and the GoPano, you want the lowest film
speed (ISO) possible. We like 64 or 100. NEVER set your ISO to AUTO.
ISO = AUTO
NOT BAD, BUT SOME PANORAMAS WILL BE INCONSISTENT.
YUK! TOO MUCH GRAININESS. LOOKS PIXILATED, TOO.
PERFECT PANORAMA. SEE THE DIFFERENCE? THIS IS ISO=100.
ISO = 800
ISO = 100
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