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Roger
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I've noticed that the Xpan gallery (a great and very welcome idea) doesn't have many "standard" non-panoramic shots, and very few panoramas in portrait mode.
The portrait mode panorama is a fascinating format, and I suggest you keep an eye open for tall, narrow buildings, people and images! (Just be prepared for people to say they like--or hate--the unusual cropping. Most people don't understand that this cropping comes with the camera...)
I like my TX-1 so much that I often find myself reaching for it when the image is not best taken in panoramic format. Normally, though, I prefer something slightly wider--say a Voigtlander Color Skopar 35/2.5 on my Bessa R, or the 21/4 on my Bessa L.
If you try the vertical panorama, do be careful to get your verticals really vertical, i.e., parallel with the edge of the frame. If you have to correct splayed verticals in PhotoShop or PSP, the image becomes even longer and thinner, and this looks less good than it does in landscape mode.
The portrait mode panorama is a fascinating format, and I suggest you keep an eye open for tall, narrow buildings, people and images! (Just be prepared for people to say they like--or hate--the unusual cropping. Most people don't understand that this cropping comes with the camera...)
I like my TX-1 so much that I often find myself reaching for it when the image is not best taken in panoramic format. Normally, though, I prefer something slightly wider--say a Voigtlander Color Skopar 35/2.5 on my Bessa R, or the 21/4 on my Bessa L.
If you try the vertical panorama, do be careful to get your verticals really vertical, i.e., parallel with the edge of the frame. If you have to correct splayed verticals in PhotoShop or PSP, the image becomes even longer and thinner, and this looks less good than it does in landscape mode.
