Our Readers Respond - Brief Article

The feature by Dr. Kenneth Deitcher, "Panoramics," in the January 2000 issue is certainly a state-of-the-art technique and most fascinating. He illustrates that with computer technology, seamless panorama photography is available with our "old faithful" cameras. Of course panorama photography is now a basic function of the APS cameras.

I like the camera I have been using over the years, but every now and then a scene cries out for that very wide format. Therefore, I have done something slightly different, but for me quite satisfying, which accomplishes the panorama without a special camera or advanced computer technique.

The enclosed, "Florence and the Arno River," is just that. Basically, it is a paste-up of four photos, reasonably well aligned. The black strips, while serving to hide the hard edges of the individual pictures, give the feeling of seeing the scene through a window. It looks great in the album.

In shooting, the only requirement is simply to make sure that there is enough overlap from one shot to the next to be able to join the photos without losing any of the scene. It's a very user-friendly method.

By David Saxon, Sherman Oaks, California

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