The Hasselblad Manual, 7th Edition

20The Hasselblad XPan Panoramic Cameras

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PANORAMIC IMAGES ON FILM AND DIGITALLY

In digital photography, panoramic images are relatively easily produced in the computer with-out the need for a special panoramic camera. Such images are produced in the computer with a software program by stitching together a number of overlapping images specially made for this purpose in a digital Hasselblad camera or digital back.

PRODUCING PANORAMIC IMAGES DIGITALLY

A digitally produced panoramic image can be successful only if the individual images to be stitched together in the computer are carefully planned and photographed. As described in more detail later in this chapter, under Composing Panoramic Images, a visually effective panoramic image, ...