EyeSee360 GoPano User manual

QuickStart Guide for GoPano 360° Optic
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QuickStart user manual written by Bart Wilson
Edited by Michael Rondinelli
All materials Co yright ©2008 EyeSee360 Inc. All Rights Reserved.
IMPORTANT NOTE
You can break the tabs on your GoPano
case if you are not careful. Please follow
these 3 steps below to opening your
GoPano optic the correct way.
PUT ON FLAT SURFACE
Please place your GoPano
case on a flat surface like a
table. Press the GoPano
against the table with one
hand grabbing the end
where the red plastic dust
plug is. With your other
hand lift up the tab on the
end.
Then move your hand up
the case to the top tab and
lift the tab up while trying to
lift the case up with your
hand holding the back of
the case.
Viola! Your case will open.
Becasue the case and tabs
are freshly vacuum formed
plastic, opening up the case
will get easier with more fre-
quent openings. Never pull
too hard on the tabs as they
will break.
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QuickStart Guide for GoPano 360° Optic
SET THE FOCUS TO MACRO
(A) See the close up flower icon?
Press this until you see the
Flower con on the back of your
camera. This sets the camera to
focus on the mirror.
Turn VR OFF.
VR (Vibration Reduction) is a fea-
ture available on a lot of cameras
but is incompatible with the
GoPano optic.
FLASH. Turn OFF.
You will see a circle icon with a
L GHTN NG bolt in the center.
Turn DIAL to M for Manual.
F-Stop for Point & Shoot
Cameras
Use an F-stop between F6.1 and
F7.4
F-Stop for SLR Cameras
Use an F-stop of F22 or higher.
Choose Close Up or Macro
Mode
f your point and shoot camera
has a Macro close up mode
(Flower or Face icon), use it to
focus on the mirror.
Shutter Speed
Set this to the desired setting
that works with your indoor or
out door lighting.
Typically indoor settin s will
be*
1, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60
Outdoor Settin s will be*
1/125, 1/250, 1/300
*Experiment and write down the
settings that work best for you.
Lighting will always play a big
role in how good your images
come out. Practice will pay off
with great looking panoramas.
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IMPORTANT NOTE
f your camera has a close up mode
(Flower or Face icon) use it to focus on
your mirror. Press the shutter lightly to
get it to focus on the mirror. Your
image should be clean and sharp like
the example above - not blurry.

QuickStart Guide for GoPano 360° Optic
SHUTTERBUG SAM SA S:
f your circular donut images are not coming out right, 90% of the
problems can all be attributed to one problem that’s so easy to resolve.
You are simply ZOOM NG in too much, or NOT zooming OUT enough.
Below are visual examples of two problems and the ideal (correct)
image. Please follow the GOOD example for zooming out and your re-
sults will be a whole lot better.
Your camera make and model will vary but this is what you are aiming
for when using your GoPano optic. Try to make your circular image
like the first camera below.
WAY TOO BIG!
You’ll lose field of view
with im ges th t re
zoomed out too big like
this.
WAY TOO SMALL!
If you don’t m ke your
GoP no circul r im ge big
enough, you’ll h ve poor
resolution or “funky”
looking p nor m .
PICTURE PERFECT!
You need to ZOOM out
few click stops so your
donut im ge kisses the top
nd bottom. If you exceed
the top nd bottom h ir,
th t’s ok, just don’t go TOO
big.
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SHUTTERBUG SAM SA S:
Your point and shoot camera has to be set to a CLOSE UP icon (Nikon,
Sony, Olympus, Kodak, Minolta, Panasonic Lumix, Canon G6 or G9, etc.)
Find the Tulip (Flower) or the Face (Close Up) icon on your camera and
make SURE this is turned on.
See below. The top camera is circle is perfect, but the image seems
blurry. F-stop is good, other settings are good you just forgot one tiny
step.
TURN THE CLOSE UP SETT NG ON.
Note the bottom donut image looks perfect, sharp and clear. This is your
goal.
PERFECT & CRISP
Most every c mer h s the
Close Up M cro setting. It
is either Flower or F ce
icon. M ke sure yours is
turned on. When you b rely
press the shutter, the
im ge will be crisp nd fo-
cused like this.
BLURRY. NOT GOOD.
NOT h ving your Flower or
Close Up F ce icon turned
ON is the re son why your
im ge will look like the ex-
mple here. Your c mer
needs to focus on the mirror
which is 170mm w y from
the lens.
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SHUTTERBUG SAM SA S:
The BEST way to get the most out of your GoPano one shot system is to set your cam-
era (regardless of make or model) to M for manual. Then adjust the Shutter Speed to
the desired setting that is optimum for NS DE and OUTS DE photography.
TOO DARK. YUK!
The F-stop is fine, the Close Up is on. But
the im ge is too d rk. The re son: The
Shutter speed is too f st. This im ge w s
t ken t 1/250th of second which is
why the im ge is bit d rk.
BETTER, BUT STILL TOO DARK
You c n see bit more det il but this
im ge is still bit too d rk. The Shut-
ter speed w s reduced to 1/60th of
second, but s you cle rly see, this
needs to be longer exposure, not
shorter one.
OOPS! TOO MUCH. OVER-EXPOSED
This is full second nd is resulting in
the room being over exposed. In some
rooms, 1 second will be perfect, but for
this shot, 1 second is just too much. Re-
duce your shutter speed bit if you see
over exposed donut im ges like this.
PERFECT!
The shutter speed w s reduced to
1/15th of second nd for the light in
this room, it resulted in picture per-
fect shot. You will need to experiment
nd write down settings th t work for
you for both inside nd outside shots.
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SHUTTERBUG SAM SA S:
The single biggest problem in seeing noise or grain in your panoramic
images is the fact that your SO (Film Speed) is set to AUTO or the
wrong setting. SO on digital cameras simulates film speed. So for fast
action shots, you would normally choose film rated at SO 400 or even
800. But for panoramas and the GoPano, you want the lowest film
speed ( SO) possible. We like 64 or 100. NEVER set your SO to AUTO.
ISO = AUTO
NOT BAD, BUT SOME PANORAMAS WILL BE INCONSISTENT.
UK! TOO MUCH GRAININESS. LOOKS PIXILATED, TOO.
PERFECT PANORAMA. SEE THE DIFFERENCE? THIS IS ISO=100.
ISO = 800
ISO = 100
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