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Digital Panoramaphotography: "convex mirror" for 20$

Since I was not to be enclosed with the result of my "bicyclelamp", I have looked for other solutions. Particularly the mount and the quality of the mirror face disturb me. There I held a soup trowel of WMF a day in the hands - the vendor could hardly believe it when I told about my intention! This part bought and put some utensils together. I found the "construction-instruction" on the sides of Thomas B. Kunz - his 'Parashot' of Cyclovision dismantled.
The 'Parashot' costs incidentally approximately 1.250 $ (with software)!
The first figure: The soup trowel lies in my lap and I make a the picture of above! With 5-6 o'clock trowel style is to be recognized - it does not disturb in the later panorama !
Below: The panorama are calculated with the software of H. Dersch! Over the result, I was very pleased, over my "thick skull" not ;-)!
Now the work began:

One needs:

  • Filter adapter
  • Plexi- glass pane with hole
  • Bar with thread and nuts
  • Soup trowel of WMF (or other), the handle can be removed, there through the hole in the center, no classical use more is possible ;-)!
One makes everything together and the 'Parashot'-ligt is ready. The thread of the bar enables me in the test phase to find an optimal distance between optics and mirror. It shortened now. 
Now it is also again possible to use the tripod thread. Tripod at that, held for self-timer onto 10s and hold about the head - one does not stand like this oneself even in the course. The people think I'm mad!

Rheinfalls by Schaffhausen (Switzerland)

Regensburg: Domplace
Further panoramas will be to be found soon in the gallery!



Thank you for the many tips and the friendly support with:
Thomas B. Kunz (Berlin) and Professor Helmut Dersch (Furtwangen)