I would use a D800 + 16mm fisheye and take 6 vertical shots! Either way it would be very complicated with a single shot!

I shot this http://www.worldtour360.com/360.php?coun…Karaoke20110807 with 6 shots handheld using a D300s/10.5mm .. imagine 3 times more resolution with the D800!

Hi Zephyr !

It's not ready yet but maybe in time this solution would work in your case ^^

Forget about those pre-built one shot solutions as their picture quality is really bad. (already tried them).

There is one solution that is perfect but it is very expensive and you'll have to build it yourself.

It involves:

3 cameras, 3 lenses, 3 tripod heads, a base plate, and a custom 3 way wired remote control. You can buy the setup listed below or you can build it yourself from scratch. The 60 degree tilt is not necessary if you are using a wide fisheye. This setting will take the zenith fully, and leave a very little nadir blindspot which you can photograph later.

http://www.agnos.com/prodotti.htm?v_ling…corafotoprodbig


The baseplate and the tripod heads
http://www.agnos.com/foto.htm?imgfoto=da…orrp_00_big.jpg


The remote control
http://www.agnos.com/foto.htm?imgfoto=da…none_00_big.jpg


Eventually you will have a setup close to this: (without the protruding sticks and wires).
http://pencil-jp.net/weblog/data/061112/mrotatorr_01_ing.gif


I was about to build it but the shipping cost from italy for the plate was too high, and my camera supplier wasnt able to deliver on 3 used cameras which he had promised etc... so i didnt try it, however i found some websites that had tried it successfully. Let me know if you need more info.

Hi,

Probably your solution consist in use of Panoscan. 2 sec to make one HD shoot of 360°
http://www.panoscan.com/
A rather expensive solution...

Hub

Hm, but 20k people is quite a lot.
Can you determine the final resolution you need?
Starting from there you could tell how many cameras with which lens you need.
Doesn't necessarily need to be DSLRs, an array of decent point and shoot will also work.

Ya I would start with figuring out what output size you want. That will quickly tell you what setups can be used. Also i would get a confirmation on what "recognizable" means to your clients.