hdri-locations updated, now with free sample

[suurland]

Hi,

Just wanted to let you all know I've updated http://www.hdri-locations.com/ with some new locations, some of them are in low light around sunset/dusk/dawn which are particularly good for black cars.

I've also added a free sample for people to play around with, the image below was produced using the freesample:


Hope you like it

/Thomas

[jacksc02]

lovely thanks Thomas!

What are you shooting these HDRs with? Spheron?

[suurland]

No, using fisheye, Spheron is Expensive, slow, low res, and VERY bad at low light.

/Thomas

[jacksc02]

cool, are you using a 1D?

[suurland]

No, I'm using a 5d.. And soon the 5d mkII

/Thomas

[jacksc02]

do you mind me asking what fisheye lens your using?

[suurland]

15mm f/2.8 Fisheye

/Thomas

[dellis]

Just wanted to say those are awesome...now if i could only get my boss to buy the whole lot!!!

[chrisjacks21]

Yes, these are great. i will be looking to purchase some for a forthcoming project.

[peterguthrie]

Looks like a really high quality product Thomas.

Just wondering how you deal with getting so many exposures fired off on a 5D to make a 360deg pano when things are moving, like clouds. Or do you always shoot on nice still days? I'm starting to think its too windy in the UK for shooting HDRs!

I use the 8mm sigma on my 5D, which is great for the 180deg skydomes I normally shoot, but does suffer from a fair bit of CA round the edges.

[suurland]

I shoot like a crazy person :P

Nahh, it can be very annoying, but I try to shoot only when the light is good, which mean early morning and early nights, at those times the skies doesn't move as fast as there are less wind.

It's much more annoying to shoot a hdr in perfect light, and then when you have to shoot the backplates the light have changed, then all you can do is delete all the files.

/Thomas

[peterguthrie]

well, good to know I'm not missing any obvious tricks!

I did figure out one cunning trick on the 5D though: if you programme in a set of 3 bracketed exposures to the 'C' mode, you can then set up your camera as you want it on manual, take 3 exposures, change to C and press and hold for the next 3. Its the quickest way of getting 6 exposures (as far as I am aware) on the 5D. It involves touching the camera though so not ideal.

Looking forward to the nintendo DS DSLR controller becoming available: http://panocamera.com/blog/?p=26 if he could do an iphone version then even better!

regarding the 5D mkII, its a shame the haven't changed the bracketing options to compete with the nikon D300/700, but the extra resolution and other goodies will be very welcome.

[suurland]

Yeah, it's a shame it can only do 3 but as you say there are way to get around that, but I'm not sure when that DS controller will be out, not much has happend since he announced it.

/Thomas

[mdi]

there is also this.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK

Theres work being done on the 40D, so Id assume (incorrectly probably) that if they got it working on the 40D it would/could work on the 5dmkII also.

Im super intrested in the DSDSLR, carring a laptop around is a real pain in the arse....it would also mean that on the bus in in the mornings I could play Monkey Island!

[suurland]

CHDK is for sure interesting, but the current 5D isn't supported, and it only supports Digic II & Digic III cameras, and the new 5d mkII is Digic IV.. so I doubt we would see anything soon

/Thomas