User's Manual

28 eMotimo spectrum Instructions R007
Pano/Giga
Photo Tools
Photo Tools is extending your spectrum st4 to enable multi-row panorama or “gigapixel” photo
capture. Unlike other modes in the spectrum, the end result of this mode after processing is a single
picture.
The process is pretty straightforward and can be summarized by the following steps:
1. Pano/Giga Angle of view (AOV): When shooting overlapping panorama images, we need to tell
the spectrum what your camera can see. This term is called Angle of View. If you are shooting
with a wide-angle sh 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 a󰀨ect what your camera can see (sensor size,
focal length of lens, % of viewnder covers, camera manufacturer), it would be really hard to just
enter a focal length and come close to accurately dening how much of the world you capture in a
single frame.
a. Viewnder Corner 1: Our solution is for you to dene the Angle of View by looking through
your camera’s lens to set a couple of points. Start by setting your Corner 1. To do this,
highlight Viewnder Corner 1 and move the camera so that we have something sharp that
we can put at one corner of your viewnder. The corner of a building, or a mountaintop in
the distance works well. Press X to lock that corner in.
b. Viewnder Corner 2: With this sharp point at one corner, highlight Viewnder Corner 2
and move completely across the frame diagonally to put that sharp point in the opposite
corner. Then press X to lock it in. By doing this you are telling the spectrum the pan and
tilt Angle of View (AOV). As you are moving to the second point, the spectrum gives
you feedback on how many angles you have moved for both Pan and Tilt as well as the
calculated aspect ratio of the shot.
TIPS and TRICKS:
i. Use a sharp point far away from the camera like a house or mountaintop in the distance.
If you use a fence post, 3 feet from you, it won’t be as accurate.
ii. Turn on your Live View function. If you don’t have a 100% viewnder, the corners will
move slightly, making you angle of view less accurate.