When I first started looking into the virtual tour business I bought a 360 degree One-Shot lens adapter for my camera. I took some pictures and viewed them, but when I called the virtual tour company for further information none was available. I swore I would not get any type of stitching system, thinking that it would be too difficult to process the images. In the end I had very little choice in the matter as it was apparent that my dreaded one-shot lens was getting me nowhere.
I was a bit skeptical when I chose Real Tour Vision, but after receiving my gear I was in business immediately. I would have to imagine that there are lots of people out there who get tied down with a one shot lens system just like I did. What kind of system did you get? Were you able to sell your lens somewhere or recoup your investment somehow? I would love to hear your one-shot lens story! As far as Real Tour Vision goes, I've been very happy ever since I started so Keep up the good work team.
Anthony Pastoriza
Delaware Orbit Tours
www.360deorbittours.com
A www.realtourvision.com Full Service Dealer
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I agree with you Anthony about the poor quality from a 1 shot lens. Thankfully I had spoken with someone at Real Tour Vision before purchasing a 1 shot lens and they pointed out the advantages of using a rotator instead of a one shot. After looking at some tours that were shot with a 1 shot lens and comparing them to some tours that were shot using a rotator and stitched together with the software from RTV, there is no comparison. The stitched tours look much better. They are less warpy, much sharper, and the lighting is much better as well. After talking with a few trusted sources and doing some research I realized that with a one shot lens I can't use my flash and I can only use one exposure setting and one white balance setting for the whole room. Just by glancing around the room you can see that the lighting is different in every dirction and I knew at that point the 1 shot lens wasn't going to work for me. In addition to quality I was also concerned about speed thinking that taking only one picture per room would obviously be much faster. But I haven't been disappointed in the speed of the stitching software.
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind that if you choose to use a one shot lens for your tours you will not be able to print the images either. From my experience on the sales front a one shot virtual tour lens is by far the worst way to go. Look at how many of these things are for sale on E-bay.
ReplyDeleteBest,
Jason