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AotPR part 8b - 360 Degree Panning Timelapse
Submitted by Ian Wood on Mon, 2007-04-02 18:20.I managed to get out again on Saturday evening. This time the battery didn't run out...
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AotPR part 8a - Panning Timelapse
Submitted by Ian Wood on Sat, 2007-03-31 19:05.Having played around with the footage from Thursday evening, it occurred to me to wonder "what if I then stitched some of those images together?".
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AotPR part 8 - Panning Timelapse
Submitted by Ian Wood on Fri, 2007-03-30 00:01.Having had a long interest in timelapse photography, it occurred to me that a motorised panohead could offer interesting possibilities for panning timelapse work...
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AotPR part 7 - 'The Proof is in the Pudding'
Submitted by Ian Wood on Fri, 2007-02-09 03:57.'Ere, anybody wanna see some piccies?
The head works, the mobile phone connects to it and works as a remote control, the camera fires!
Robotic light trails
Submitted by Ian Wood on Thu, 2007-02-08 13:42.It's not panoramic, but quite interesting anyway...
AotPR part 6 - My God, I've created a monster!
Submitted by Ian Wood on Fri, 2006-12-29 17:59.It's alive!
The last few months of 2006 were really busy, with a whole series of projects ending at the same time, so although I'd managed to eke out some time to work on the motorised head, I'd not found the time or energy to write it up. :-(
Anyway, the head is semi-finished with all movements working and the programming side coming along. It's not been tested outside as the weather here in SW England has been appalling recently. And I was away on holiday in Madeira the week before Christmas, precisely to get away from the drizzle (insert smug grin).
AotPR part 5 - more bits
Submitted by Ian Wood on Tue, 2006-09-26 21:24.A few more bits turned up this week, bringing total expenditure up to around £400.
Items coming through the letterbox included: two timing belts and associated pulleys, some more aluminium profile, more t-slot nuts, half a dozen angle brackets for the alu profile, assorted capscrews (screws with hex-driver heads) and a BIG needle-roller thrust bearing for the main mount.
Picture-wise, we've got some photos of the bits, plus the construction for the 'yaw' motor assembly.
AotPR part 4 - Adding a Camera
Submitted by Ian Wood on Sat, 2006-09-16 23:19.Having built the successful prototype and started using it to test the programming needed, I dug out the aluminium profile and started building something more functional...
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fig I: gearing and pulley with aluminium structure
AotPR part 3 - Programming
Submitted by Ian Wood on Thu, 2006-09-14 22:30.OK, we've built Frankenstein's Panohead, how do we tell it what to do? Obvious - drag some icons around on a grey grid!
Attack of the Panoramic Robots part 2 - more pics.
Submitted by Ian Wood on Sat, 2006-09-09 19:22.Closeup photos of the current prototype.
Geartrain driving the main rotation of the head.
