[Hdri] HDRI capture program for Canon EOS cameras under Mac OS X

[Jack de Valpine]

Hi Trent,

I believe one of the problems with the Nikons is that each camera uses a 
differint API. I quote below from an earlier post from Greg on the topic:

> Rob G. asked about Nikon cameras, and we did look at them originally,  
> but there were two things that led us to use the Canon 5D.  One was  
> the fact that we needed to capture full 180-degree circular fisheye  
> images, and this requires a full-frame sensor.  The second was the  
> way Nikon created a separate SDK with a different programming  
> interface for every model camera, which makes supporting more than  
> one a real pain.  It's a shame, though, because we have this really  
> awesome f/2.8 Nikkor fisheye lens, and the adaptor ring that's  
> supposed to mount Nikon lenses on Canon bodies doesn't work for this  
> particular lens.

-Jack


Matthew Trentacoste wrote:

> Of course, the next question is:
>
>     "What do we have to do to convince you to make a plugin 
> architecture  for it?"
>
> All of us poor saps with Nikon SLRs want to play too.  I know you  
> certainly don't want to, but I'd be willing to kick in the time to  
> get it working with my D70.  Are the program and Canon API horribly  
> intertwined, or is it something you can make available to  
> enterprising third parties that want support for their cameras?  Just  
> a thought, it looks great as it is.
>
> Cheers
> Trent
>
> On 24-Jan-06, at 8:16 PM, Gregory J. Ward wrote:
>
>> Hi Kirk,
>>
>> Glad this works.  I really appreciate all the detailed reports of  
>> your problems with the Digital Rebel -- it made it obvious what was  
>> going wrong, and it helps a lot to have complete information, since  
>> I don't have your camera to play with.  I think it's important to  
>> support what I can, and the 300D is probably the most popular in  
>> Canon's EOS line, so I wouldn't want to leave those people out if I  
>> can help it.  I'm just glad it wasn't something more serious in the  
>> SDK, since there's no real support for it outside Japan.  I may  have 
>> to ask Santiago to help me if I ever need to communicate with  
>> headquarters....
>>
>> I have put together some scripts, including the RAW -> HDR  converter 
>> I've been playing with in a more complete package on my  website.  
>> It's linked into my front page <www.anyhere.com> where  the old 
>> hdrgen link for Mac OS X used to be.  (You may have to hit  your 
>> browser's "Reload" button to see it.)  I just finished a  "canoncap" 
>> script that runs CanonHDRcap and hdrgen for you.
>>
>> Check it out:
>>
>>     http://www.anyhere.com/html/gward/pickup/HDRcapOSX.tar.gz
>>
>> I figured it was easier just to put it all together for OS X users,  
>> rather than maintaining a whole bunch of separate links.  A  
>> README.txt file hopefully explains enough to get you started.
>>
>> -Greg
>>
>>> From: Kirk Thibault <kthibault at biomechanicsinc.com>
>>> Date: January 24, 2006 6:03:10 PM PST
>>>
>>> Works like a charm.
>>>
>>> Thanks again Greg - can't wait to test it out on a mirror ball.
>>>
>>> kirk
>>>
>>
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