Those of you interested in pano might be interested in knowing that PTgui Pro 9.1 turned GA a few days ago.
The most remarkable feature of this version is the
align to grid capability that will make real high res panos easier than they used to be.
The key problem when trying to use a long focal lenght for panos is that some images end up having nothing but sky in them and sky doesn't stitch well since there are no features to recognize. The image below of a mountain called Pumori in Nepal is an example of this issue. As far as I remember, this is a 4 rows of 7 columns and it took a bit of work to stitch the upper right part:
PTgui 9.1 is able to align images to a grid, optimize the image using the parts with detail and fine tune the grid accordingly to position automatically images without details as accurately as possible.
I have only done some simple tests so far, but I am impressed by the degree of advancement of this capability for a first release. It seems pretty close to perfect.
If only camera manufacturers could release improvements to their hardware half as significant as these...
Cheers,
Bernard