Thus a small sensor can effectively capture a number of overlapping image frames, which can be stitched into a much larger format image in software. Relying on the fact that medium format lenses produce a large image circle, the digital camera is mounted on a sliding mechanism on the back, which can be moved through a series of preset shooting positions across the projected image. The main difference here is in size and perhaps cost. Large format cameras can be used as a base for digital cameras and used in the same way. This idea is not as new as one might think. This allows the axis of the lens to remain in one position, which eliminates parallax problems that happen with traditional stitching created by moving the lens around a nodal point. While stitching is not a new idea, the RhinoCam uses a medium format lens that is fixed in one position on the tripod.
However, once set, the digital camera settings make shooting a breeze. Little things such as remembering to open up the aperture to focus and to stop it down again before shooting are the same kinds of non-automatic procedures as with large format. Some of the same procedures that are common with large format will be useful here. However, this piece of hardware seems to mimic at least a portion of the process I remember from my large format film days. It has been a while since I have done much in the way of large format. At some point in the future, I'm sure there will be versions that will fit other cameras. The first version of the RhinoCam is designed to be used specifically with the NEX.
I had wanted to see what it could do and just how well it might do it.Īlthough it came in the mail about a week and a half ago, I had to wait for a Sony NEX camera to arrive before I could begin shooting. During the past week or so, I've been playing with the RhinoCam from Fotodiox.
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