Scarborough360

First of all we just wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone who has been frequenting our little site. We thinks that Scarborough and the surrounding areas deserve promotion and hopefully Scarborough360 provides this.

We see Scarborough360 as an ever expanding and evolving website and that is why we really value your input. In the past you would need to email us in order to give us praise or to point out errors but now we have made it even easier!

We have added a comment system to our site, this means that if you like a panorama or want to share a story or even a mistake then you can let us know straight from the site. Simply scroll down the page until you reach the part titled 'Comments' and you can give us your feedback.

We look forward to hearing from you, thank you in advance.

Well spring is finally here and before you know it it'll be high season in Scarborough. Because of this we are aiming to get a lot more panoramas on to Scarborough360. We have some ready to be uploaded but in the meantime if you have any suggestions for suitable subjects in and round Scarborough then please let us know.

The best way to find out when we add new panoramas is by following Scarborough360 on twitter twitter.com/scarborough360. However you can also subscribe to our RSS news feed which tracks the Scarborough360 blog.

This is going to be quite an exciting season for Scarborough360 and we are glad you are sharing it with us.

Yorkshire Life magazine is currently running a feature on their website where readers are invited to upload photographs of Scarborough and the East Coast. Here at Scarborough360 we show you a unique perspective of Scarborough and the surrounding areas but we would love to see your pictures too. Simply go to Yorkshire Life and upload your photos of the East Coast. Happy Snapping!

Hi all.

These are exciting times! As you can no doubt see, we have had a redesign! Hopefully this will make the site much easier to navigate and basically provide a much better experience. We like it but do you? Please let us know your feedback.

Thanks.

The camera can be used with a whole range of different focal lengths depending on the quantity of frames you are wanting to produce to make your spin movie.

We use a Canon EOS 1DS MK II with an 8mm fisheye which covers 180 degree field of view. To get the very best image quality the optimum aperture needs to be used to ensure a crisp result from your chosen focal length. We use f8 on the 8mm at infinity. This lens creates a huge depth of focus and so depth of field is not a concern using this aperture.

The tripod needs to have a panoramic head attached. This allows the camera to be rotated through 360 degrees with precision. It also allows the lens nodal point to be centred directly over the axis point of the tripod. This is probably the key to accurate panoramic photograph making. It is technical and takes time to implement well. We tend to make 4 x 180 degree quadrants of each scene and finally make a nadir exposure in case we want to view the floor of the photograph in the publishing software.