I have moved ...

Please check out my new blog at http://albertngphotography.wordpress.com. I will carry on irregularly post some blogs there. 

Turning 12MP Nikon D700 into a 76MP panorama camera

Nikon D800 is the highest MP (36.3 Mega Pixel) DSLR in the market at present. I have been thinking very seriously on getting a D800 to replace one of my D700. However, as I mentioned on my Facebook page, I personal do not think D800 is a camera for wedding or portraits ergonomically unless you have plenty of time to change focusing settings from the operation menu. In saying that, I absolutely agree D800 is a prefect shooting machine for landscape sort of works without a doubt.

D800 is a 36.3MP camera, but using the traditional panorama stitching approach I achieved a 76MP image without too much extra works with my 12.1MP D700. Well ... I could actually get an even higher MP image if I wanted to and it was not a "must" to be framed as panorama.  So, there is an unlimited MP available to us as long as our computer can handle the stitching process. 


Apart from high MP, this image's depth of field is super shallow at perhaps equivalent to shooting with a 27mm lens at f/0.4.  Will talk about this more later, once I get more practices so I could showcase more images.

This idea is not new and I'm sure many photographers are doing it. This YouTube link is one of the good examples.

Happy Mothers' Day to all mums!