Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 34° 10' 28.81" N
Longitude: 118° 36' 52.38" W
Precision is: High. Pinpoints the exact spot.

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Date/Time:
September 24, 2006 4:00 pm PDT in Open Shade

Equipment:
Equip: Nikon D100, Sigma 8mm, Bogen 3051 and superclamp and post of Trekker with a Kaidan head and ball mount, weighed down with two sandbags. Method: not the sturdiest rig in the world, but it worked with a shutter release plunger and while steadying the rig and holding the head in place at each detent by hand and with patience to shoot 3 exposures each in five directions. Stiched: with PTMac, composited, and Adjusted 90 yaw -90 roll to get to a normal view. The rig was inserted through the driver's window, and the pano was shot on a horizontal axis rather than the standard vertical. The zenith of the pano goes out the front passenger window. The pano was shot in open shade in the afternoon to get good highlights and the most even of lighting. Open shade is with blue sky above, not next to a building or anything, else the lighting would be more contrasty and dark. Most VR car interiors are shot in a very large studio with lightboxes up to four times as long as the vehicle being shot.