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Re: Panoramic photos



That the same people could be seen at both ends of the photographic
print might be accounted for by the means suggested, but there is
another. Sometimes the camera was designed to stand on a swivel which
could move around a complete circle. The "group" then formed a circle
around the camera. If the camera rotated more than 360 degrees, you
would have the same people photographed twice, perhaps showing some
small variations in pose, but not because they ran from one end of the
"group" to the other, but just because they changed their posture as the
camera made its rotation.

Gerald Peterson wrote:
>
> I think that you will find that panoramic photos were shot fairly
> commonly from about 1915 through about 1930.
>
> Sometimes people had a little fun with them.  Look closely at people on
> the far right and the far left of the photos and you may well see the
> same people twice.  Because of the way in which the photos were shot,
> mischievous people had time to be captured in the image on one side of
> the group, race around the back of the group, and be captured again on
> the other side of the group.
>
> Also, you will occasionally notice that the panoramic photo may produce
> an image that is an impossible viewpoint for the human eye.
> Essentially, you will seem to be able to look in two directions at once.
>
> Gerry Peterson
> University Archivist
> University of Northern Iowa
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