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Canon Precision Panoramic Imaging System manual

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    I I I n n n d d d e e e x x x e e e r r r Precisio n panor amic i maging sy stem User Gu ide © As-Built Sol utions Ltd 50 Sket ty Road, Swan sea SA 2 0LH, UK Telephone: +44 (0) 87 0 160 0 010 24-ho ur fa x/me ssa ge s ervic e: +44 (0) 87 0 787 5 246 e-mail: s uppor t@absl .co.uk[...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page ii Index 1 I NTRODUCTIO N 1 1.1 Precaut ions ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 1 1.2 Power ................................ ................................ ................................ ........[...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page 1 1 Intr oduction The ABSL Indexer is a panoram ic camera system for the capture of calibrated 360 ° im ag es. It consists of a hi gh precision ro tation syste m that orien tates a calibra ted digital sin gle lens refle x (DSLR) camera in a horizontal circle. Eigh t hig h-reso [...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page 2 1.2 Power The unit requires a good quality alkaline PP3 battery to be fit ted. Unscrewing the black thum bscre w at the base of the cover plate acces ses the battery compartment. Take care to connect th e battery with the correct po larity. The batte ry will l ast f or a typi [...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page 3 1.3 Lens Cap and lens Hood The lens cap should alw ays be replaced then the unit is not in use. The front element of the wide angle lens protru des sign ifican tly mak ing i t more pron e to dam age. All wide angle lenses are prone to lens flare when loo kin g to ward s a b ri[...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page 4 1.4 Lifting the unit with cover removed W hen lifting the unit with the cover re moved it is i mportant to rea ch under the ro tating plate to the fixed plate as shown below: 1.5 Scan Control 1.5.1 Using the prim ar y contr ol button. The Indexer will create pan oramic scan wi[...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page 5 Briefly press the y ellow button on the Indexer side panel and release. The top plate sh ould rotate to the first camera p osition and c apture an image. I t will then ro tate to the second position a nd capture the second image. If a s eries of beeps two th en three ##_###_##[...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page 6 To st art an auto mat ic se que nce p res s the red butto n foll o wed b y the gr ee n but to n. T he unit wi ll the n capture an automatic s equence but the sounder will not beep. To stop the unit a t any t ime simply press t he yello w butt on briefly .[...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page 7 2 Camera setup 2.1 Focus The Canon 1 0D has ad va nced auto foc us tec hno log y to obt ain shar p i mage s when u sed c onve ntio nal ly. When used with the Hazmap photogramm etic system this must be turned off otherwise the camera calibratio n will be voided . The auto foc u[...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page 8 2.6 Controlling Exposur e 2.6.1 ISO This is the electro nic equi valent of film spe ed and indicate s the sensitiv ity to lig ht. For normal situatio ns a speed of ISO 100 s hou ld be us ed as t his res ults in the minim um noise am plif ication . In darker environments ISO 10[...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page 9 2.8 Manual Exposu re Where a seamless panorama is required or part of the scene is lit in such a way that the metering is likely to be com prom ised m anual ex posure ( M on th e mode di al) can be use d. An ex ample w ould be i nte rnal i maging i n a r oo m with a ver y bri [...]

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    Index er Sy st em G uide Octobe r 2004 © As-Built Sol utions Ltd Page 10 2.10.3 Power The camera is powered using a L ithium Ion battery pack (or power adapter), which slots into the battery c ompartment which is located on th e right hand (underside) of the camera. The battery takes approximately 90 minutes t o charge. If possible leave the batte[...]