{"id":9955,"date":"2011-05-02T12:06:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2011-05-02T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:06:15","slug":"photosynth-for-iphone-capturing-the-unphotographable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/9955-photosynth-for-iphone-capturing-the-unphotographable.html","title":{"rendered":"Photosynth for iPhone: capturing the unphotographable"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are having some unusually fine weather in the UK and I went for a walk in the Derbyshire Peak District yesterday. I was reflecting how hard it is to photograph wide vistas of countryside when I remembered that I installed the Microsoft Photosynth iPhone app a couple of weeks ago.<\/p>\n

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It really is easy to use: you just fire up the app, tap to start a new picture, and turn the iPhone to new positions guided by on-screen markers. When the iPhone beeps, hold it still and a new photo is added.<\/p>\n

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Panoramic photography is not new of course; my old Canon Ixus has a panorama feature. However, you have to navigate several menus to get the mode engaged, manually position the camera, and then use a separate application to stitch the images together.<\/p>\n

The Photosynth app by contrast is great to use, and I have taken a landscape picture which I would never have bothered with before. My only complaint is that the beep can be hard to hear, but even if you miss it, the app does a reasonable job, especially in bright sunlight.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of interesting images now turning up on the official Photosynth site<\/a> \u2013 check the Mobile Panoramas<\/a> section.<\/p>\n

For more information see the official announcement post and video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The point to ponder is why the app has come out first for Apple\u2019s iPhone, rather than the company\u2019s own Windows Phone7? Apparently a Windows Phone version is in preparation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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