Reprojected Städel Museum Frankfurt Courtyard

These two reprojected spherical panoramas originated from this panorma. The first one shows the classic little planet reprojection, the second one a little tunnel reprojection.

Städel Museum Frankfurt Courtyard Little Planet Reprojection
Städel Museum Frankfurt Courtyard Little Planet Reprojection
Städel Museum Frankfurt Courtyard Tunnel Reprojection
Städel Museum Frankfurt Courtyard Tunnel Reprojection
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Comparing Sony LA-EA2 and Sony LA-EA4

Today I received my Sony adapter LA-EA4 and did a quick comparison with the older version LA-EA2. Both adapters add a translucent mirror to a NEX series camera and are built for the Alpha lens lineup. But the newer version LA-EA4 can also be used on the two new mirrorless full-frame sensor cameras with interchangeable lenses from Sony (the Sony A7r and Sony A7). The older version is only suitable for the Sony NEX series with APS-C sized sensors.

There is only a slight difference in weight (Sony LA-EA2 is 200g, the Sony LA-EA4 is 160g). Another difference is of course the size of the translucent mirror. The difference can easily be seen in the product shots. The speed of the autofocus seems to be the same (but I did no scientific test on that).

Both adapters work with the old “screwdriver” type autofocus lenses (Minolta 28-70/2.8 tested) and with the new SSM type autofocus lenses (Sony 70-200/2.8 tested). I did not test any SAM lenses. Both adapters work with my NEX-5 and also with the NEX-7.

With the NEX-5 I could only select a specific autofocus point with the old adapter. With the NEX-7 I could select a specific autofocus point with both adapters.

Sony LA-EA4 box
Sony LA-EA4 box
Sony LA-EA4 and casing
Sony LA-EA4 and casing
Sony LA-EA4 (left) and Sony LA-EA2 (right)
Sony LA-EA4 (left) and Sony LA-EA2 (right)
Sony LA-EA4 (left) and Sony LA-EA2 (right)
Sony LA-EA4 (left) and Sony LA-EA2 (right)
Sony LA-EA4 (left) and Sony LA-EA2 (right)
Sony LA-EA4 (left) and Sony LA-EA2 (right)
Sony LA-EA4 (left) and Sony LA-EA2 (right)
Sony LA-EA4 (left) and Sony LA-EA2 (right)

Statue near Cathedral of Messina

This statue is located near the Cathedral of Messina. The cathedral has been built in the 12th century. However it had to be rebuilt after a massive earth quake in 1908 und again after a fire in World War II.
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PanoTools Meeting 2013 Messina Sicily Second Impression

This years PanoTools Meeting took place in Messina, Italy. This panorama shows the meeting venue on the first day, short before the meeting started. The PanoTwins presented their talk about how to use spherical panoramas aka Photo Spheres in the Google universe. See the two posts here and here.
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