My love affair with the flattened Photosphere.

[MIKE POBEGA]

It is real. I have been loving the Android photosphere feature since about 2016. It has certainly gotten better through the years. I have made a book about photospheres in Rome and truly love how some look flattened, printed and even framed Here is a few of my favorites.

1.Abbey of Sant'Antimo near Montalcino, Italy.
2. Piazza in Montepulciano, Italy
3. Villa Borghese Gardens in Rome, Italy
4. The Spanish Steps, Rome Italy

 

[grain elevator]

Never heard them called that. Never taken the function seriously. But I like your second one, reminds me of Di Chirico I think, and the last one with the horses, also very surreal looking.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

What's the actual app called?

 

[MIKE POBEGA]

Its Androids camera app. Look in options.

 

[gone]

Love that first shot! Quite magical.

 

[grain elevator]

Is that church in the first one in the Casentino or thereabouts? Looks familiar.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Its Androids camera app. Look in options.

Figured it out. Thanks.

 

[MIKE POBEGA]

Is that church in the first one in the Casentino or thereabouts? Looks familiar.

That is the Abbey of Sant'Antimo near Montalcino, Italy.

 

[MIKE POBEGA]

Here is recent one from my vacation rental in the Adirondacks.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I am not going to buy a second cell phone so that I can do that. I will stick to the 20mm lens, WideLux F7, SWC and Fisheye for super wide photographs.

 

[MIKE POBEGA]

I am not going to buy a second cell phone so that I can do that. I will stick to the 20mm lens, WideLux F7, SWC and Fisheye for super wide photographs.

ahh, yeah, not the same thing. lol

this is 360 degree around, up, down all around.

 

[DonW]

Are we talking about 360 degree panoramas here? I have an android phone and don't see anything with OP's description. Do I need to download a different camera app?

 

[MIKE POBEGA]

Screenshot 2 menus in.

 

[DonW]

What phone is this on? I am using a Samsung S20

 

[Patrick Robert James]

Not something I'd ever do but I sure do like your images.

 

[MIKE POBEGA]

Not something I'd ever do but I sure do like your images.

Understood. For me its all about getting a good image regardless of process.
I will rank my cameras in order of usage as of late. 2017-now (approximate %)
Pinhole: 55%
Lomo/Holga/Horizon/Sprocket Rocket: 25%
Leica CL (new): 10%
Android Photosphere (or other): 5%
Leica CL classic wit Lomo lens:3%
Nikon F2, Nikon FM: 2% -/+
Leica M2, Leica IIIF : 0%
Hasselblad 501 CM: 0%
Toyo 45CF:0%

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Are we talking about 360 degree panoramas here? I have an android phone and don't see anything with OP's description. Do I need to download a different camera app?

I use a Motorola, but the other Android I've used Audi has Pano mode. Just click on your camera button, and look for your mode button. My mode button is the little boxes next to the camera icon.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

When I click on it, my screen looks like this:

 

[MIKE POBEGA]

I could be wrong, but the feature will come with the Google Earth package app.
I have a Pixel 4XL and have had it since my Nexus 3 going back to 2016

 

[DonW]

Google Earth didn't do it.

 

[MIKE POBEGA]

Sorry, I meant Street View.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I just checked. PhotoSphere is not available for iPhones at the [Apple iPHone] App Store and when I search it takes me to Google where it does not download. However I am trying a free app that seems to do the same thing.

360 Camera whats to access ALL MY PHOTOS and to connect them to wi-fi. Uh, like that is going to happen. I just trashed it.