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Step 2Prepare for Picture-taking
For your VR, you'll probably want to select a nice, outdoor aread, with lots of bright sunlight, and open spaces around you. An area fairly devoid of people or similar moving things is also a good idea. If a person is in a spot in one picture, but gone in another photo of the same location, it can create a "ghosting" effect, when you stitch the Panorama together.
Now, set up your tripod, in some nice, central area, and raise the plate to eye-level, or atleast as high as the tripod will go. Also, on most tripods, there's a number of screws, or other fasteners that you can use to prevent or allow the tripod to turn on different axes. Tighten all of them, except for the one that allows the camera pitch to tilt up and down.
In order to keep the overlap in your pictures as identical as possible, you'll probably want to keep the same photo settings, and focus for each pictures. To get a nice depth of field, set the F-Stop to a reasonably high setting, and adjust the shutter-speed accordingly. You'll want the film exposure at such a level that it will be clear in both the very bright, and very dark areas of your shot. So, try pointing your camera at the darkest and brightest parts of your field of view, and make sure the light-meter isn't off the charts, and/or take a test pictures to make sure everything's visible.
Also, depending on the size of your storage device, you may want to adjust the picture quality to a lower setting. These can require upwards of 100 pictures to do, so make sure you have the storage, and the image-size, to allow that.
Once you've got it how you want it, tighten your camera onto the tripod, and get ready to take a ton of pictures.
Now, set up your tripod, in some nice, central area, and raise the plate to eye-level, or atleast as high as the tripod will go. Also, on most tripods, there's a number of screws, or other fasteners that you can use to prevent or allow the tripod to turn on different axes. Tighten all of them, except for the one that allows the camera pitch to tilt up and down.
In order to keep the overlap in your pictures as identical as possible, you'll probably want to keep the same photo settings, and focus for each pictures. To get a nice depth of field, set the F-Stop to a reasonably high setting, and adjust the shutter-speed accordingly. You'll want the film exposure at such a level that it will be clear in both the very bright, and very dark areas of your shot. So, try pointing your camera at the darkest and brightest parts of your field of view, and make sure the light-meter isn't off the charts, and/or take a test pictures to make sure everything's visible.
Also, depending on the size of your storage device, you may want to adjust the picture quality to a lower setting. These can require upwards of 100 pictures to do, so make sure you have the storage, and the image-size, to allow that.
Once you've got it how you want it, tighten your camera onto the tripod, and get ready to take a ton of pictures.
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