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AutoMate:
- Automates the creation of gigapixel panoramas
- Compare it to the Gigapan:
- AutoMate handles DSLR cameras and long lenses, up to six pounds total
- AutoMate has only 4 AA batteries and consumes very little power
- AutoMate fires the shutter through the camera's electronic shutter release, not a Rube Goldberg plunger arm
- AutoMate supports half-pressing the shutter to wake the camera out of sleep mode
- AutoMate supports a programmable delay before starting to run a program
- AutoMate allows you to control the time to hold the shutter open and how long to delay before and after each shot
- AutoMate is very compact with no parts that can be easily bent or broken
- AutoMate can fit in the side pocket of a backpack
- AutoMate supports shooting HDR panoramas and time-lapse movies
- AutoMate has a powerful graphical user interface, not a few buttons and a 16 character display
- AutoMate does not have an easily bumped power button that frequently turns it on and runs down the batteries
- AutoMate does not shake in the wind
- See examples of gigapixel panoramas here
- To purchase AutoMate, go here
- Automates the creation of time-lapse movies
- Two kinds of time-lapse series
- Simple stationary timelapse for subjects like:
- Flower opening
- Construction site development
- Includes programmable sleep period so it doesn't shoot when nothing is happening
- Cloud motion
- Star motion
- Motion control time-lapse
- See examples of time-lapse videos here
- Automates the creation of responses to external trigger events
- Dual triggers
- Programmable response
- Simple interface to sensors, such as:
- Motion detector
- Light beam interruption sensor
- Noise detector
- Infrared sensor
- Simple contact closure
- Application areas include:
- Wildlife
- Security
- High speed stop-action photography
- Automates the creation of a custom self-timer
- Programmable delay
- Programmable number of exposures
- Simple and advanced modes of operation
- Automates the creation of high dynamic range (HDR) photographs
- Extraordinary bulb-mode bracketing feature includes:
- Selectable number of shots in bracket, including 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9
- Selectable number of stops between shots, including 0, 1/3, 1/2, 1, 1-1/2, and 2
- Center speed anywhere between 1/1000 sec and 1 day
- Selectable shot sequence pattern
- More information:
- AutoMate supports almost all digital SLR cameras (see the FAQ for a complete list)
- The graphical user interface runs on any PDA or cell phone that runs Windows Mobile, version PocketPC 2003 or later
- Programs and operations created on the PDA are transmitted to the robot via Bluetooth, where an embedded microcontroller runs them from its memory
- The robot weighs only two pounds including the four AA batteries
- AutoMate allows saving all programs and profiles for later reuse
- The robot has field-upgradable firmware
- For more detailed information on AutoMate, go here or read the FAQ
- To purchase AutoMate, go here
Examples of AutoMate panorama creations:
Use your mouse's scroll wheel to zoom in and out. Click and drag the mouse to move around the panoramas.
The following panorama was taken at Bryce Canyon with a 400 mm lens on a Canon 20. The original was five gigapixels in size, but had to be cropped and reduced to meet upload requirements.
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