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Hi.

I have been using the Canon 10-22 EFS lens for panos for years... it works 
great!

There is a little bit of chromatic aberration, but its not bad... and can 
easily be tuned out via various CA adjustmetns in Lightroom, etc...

Professor Kirt Witte
TheOtherSavannah.com
SCAD Visual Effects Dept.


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> Hi,
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> Anyone have any experience with the Canon 10-22 mm EF-S lens for
> full-screen panos?
> 
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> Regards,
> 
> Christopher Mackay
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> Subject: Re: Suitability of Canon 10-22 mm EF-S lens for full-screen
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> Yes.  I use it with my Rebel XTi and the KingPano head.
> 
> I am very happy with it - though you should be aware it only 
> works  
> with a very  limited number of Canon cameras.
> 
> I generate full spherical panos using two rows of 6 shots around 
> @ 60  
> degrees each.
> 
> One row up from between 15 - 20 degrees,  and one row down 
> between 15  
> - 20 degrees.
> 
> When I remember, I also shoot a Zenith and sometimes a Nadir.
> 
> After nearly a year away from panorgraphy I recently started 
> shooting  
> again and have gotten very good automatic stitches from PTGui 
> without  
> much additional control point fiddling.
> 
> Previously, I found it necessary to do a lot more manual 
> control  
> point editing with this lens, but think I may not have been 
> using my  
> pano head incorrectly with the 10mm.
> 
> In areas where there may not be enough details (smooth walls 
> during  
> interiors) I would maybe shoot a few more around for the 
> additional  
> overlap because it becomes very tricky to try and match up 
> points  
> towards the edges of the images, where most of the distortion occurs.
> 
> I also love this lens for regular shooting and pretty much use 
> it as  
> my standard, replacing the 18 - 55mm that came with my camera.
> 
> Some samples:  no Zenith or Nadir but you can see some 
> excellent  
> coverage regardless on the Zenith.
> 
> http://www.petergotlib.com/vr/FedeleRoof.html
> 
> And this one has Nadir but no Zenith:
> 
> http://www.gotlibdesign.com/GD/vr/Roof_WWP_v2.html
> 
> These were also shot with the 10mm, but not the lens I am using 
> now.   
> These were shot with a lens I rented before purchasing the one I 
> now  
> own.
> 
> http://www.gotlibdesign.com/GD/vr/AlbanyWoods.html
> 
> http://www.gotlibdesign.com/GD/vr/AlbanyMountain_BS.html
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> On Jun 11, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Christopher Mackay wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anyone have any experience with the Canon 10-22 mm EF-S lens for
> > full-screen panos?
> >
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> > Regards,
> >
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Kirt Witte 
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