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GigaPan Unveils EPIC Pro Robotic Camera Mount

04 July 2010
Published in Miscellaneous

GigaPan has debuted the EPIC Pro, a robotic camera mount specifically designed for DSLRs to capture multi-gigapixel panorama shots. The new mount can hold up to 10 pounds. With the PRO mount, users can take the thousands of images needed to stitch together one highly detailed image. Once stitched, the image is uploaded to gigapan.com, where users can zoom and share their panoramic images. GigaPan has also redesigned its EPIC and EPIC 100 models to allow point-and-shoot cameras to also take extreme-panoramic images. Both models have a 360-degree panoramic range...

GigaPan Doubles World Record for Largest Digital Panorama

23 June 2010
Published in Industry News

Using GigaPan's mega-panoramic EPIC Pro tripod technology, photographer Gerald Donovan has set the world record for the largest digital panoramic photograph.The 45-gigapixel image of Dubai was taken with a Canon 7D and is compiled of nearly 4,250 images that were taken over 3.5 hours. Before this mosaic was created, the previous title-holding panorama was 26 gigapixels, depicting the Paris skyline..If printed in actual size, this photo — which includes the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai — would be the size of nearly 1,200 billboards.Donovan's image, as well as other notable images taken with GigaPan's EPIC systems can be viewed at gigapan.org.

GigaPan Releases Epic 100 Panoramic Mount for Smaller Cameras

14 July 2009
Published in Miscellaneous

GigaPan Systems has released the Epic 100, the latest in the Epic robotic camera mount series to capture detailed gigapixel panoramas.

With a maximum weight limit of three pounds, the Epic 100 now works with smaller DSLR cameras, as well as the larger point-and-shoot cameras that are compatible with the original Epic mount.

The new model has an expanded range for tilt and elevation...

GigaPan Mechanism Delivers Famous High-Resolution Panorama

26 March 2009
Published in Miscellaneous

GigaPan Systems has launched the GigaPan Epic, a unique mechanism and software that can be used to create 1,000-plus-megapixel panoramic images. Powered by technology from the NASA Mars Rover, the GigaPan was used by photographer David Bergman to create his famous image of President Barack Obama's inaugural address. Visitors to GigaPan.org can explore the image, and zoom in and out to pick out faces in the crowd.

GigaPan Epic is made for both experienced and novice photographers and allows them to capture...

Capturing the Wide Sweep of History

02 February 2009
Published in Industry News

It's not easy to encompass a clear vista of well over a million people in one image, but a new panoramic mount, called the GigaPan Epic, appears ready for the job.

Demonstrating the capabilities of the new motorized mount in spectacular fashion this January was photographer David Bergman, who created a monumental image of President Barack Obama's inaugural address. The panorama became an overnight sensation as one of the most viewed photos on the internet. In the first five days after the historic occasion, more than 2 million people in 186 countries viewed the image...