Spherical Panorama - Roundshot VR Drive Instruction Manual

3.1 Program Wizard "quality mode" (continued)

3.1.2 Spherical panorama

The first steps for setting up a new program in "quality" mode are identical for a panorama in
cylindrical, spherical, manual or visual angle mode (choice of mode, mode, ID, info text, camera,
focal length, A/B).
angle mode
spherical
cylindrical
manual
visual
lenstype
fisheye no-fisheye
X
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360
[1..999]
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Click on "spherical" to calculate the
rows (elevation, images) for a
spherical
spherical panorama.
Force nadir
Off On
For spherical panoramas, the vertical angle "Y" is automatically
180°.
Enter the horizontal angle ("X") of the panorama.
Confirm with "next".
Select whether the spherical panorama
will be created with a fisheye or a
standard lens. The calculation of rows
(elevation/images) will be different.
With the option "force nadir: on" the VR
Drive will always take a down shot (-90°).
With "force nadir: off" the VR Drive will
distribute the images freely in the sphere
without down shot (-90°).
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