About VistataView360 Tours

VistataView360 is proud to offer Full Screen Interactive 360° Virtual Tour technology. We harness the power of Java software to generate stunning 360° Virtual Tours that will help you sell your home or promote your business.


Our proprietary software is known for:
Other unique benefits of the software include:

Photography Tools Used for Virtual Panorama Tours and Real Estate Photography


Cameras

Nikon D50

Lenses

Sigma 8mm fisheye

Sigma 10-20 Wide Angle Zoom

Nikon 18-55 Zoom Lens

Sigma 18-200 Zoom Lens

Nikon 55-200 Zoom Lens

Sigma 70-300 Zoom Lens

Tripod

Panosauras Tripod Head

For those of you unfamiliar with Panoramic, QTVR, and Super Megapixel photography the need for a panoramic tripod head may not be understood. A standard camera tripod is designed to hold and rotate a camera around the tripod mounting hole of the camera. This hole is located arbitrarily somewhere on the camera body. However, to take accurate panoramic photos it is important that the camera be mounted and then rotated around what is called the optical center (sometimes called the nodal point or entrance pupil) of the camera's lens. This ensures that optical distortion, called parallax distortion, will not be introduced into your pictures before they are then stitched together using computer software.

Many people use panoramic tripod heads to not only take wide vista shots, but also to take 360 degree QTVR photos and photo mosaics (multi-row megapixel panoramas). Most panoramic tripod heads are constructed of metal, are quite heavy and very expensive due to the complexity of their designs.

The Panosaurus was designed to meet the needs of the hobbyist and professional who don't need the overkill precision of the most expensive heads and would prefer a light weight and simple to use alternative. The Panosaurus was developed and has evolved during two years of research to attempt to create the most flexible and easy to use panoramic tripod head system available - that will accommodate the widest number of camera and lens combinations possible.

Photo Stitcher

3DVista Stitcher is the most comprehensive stitcher on the market today. One-click simplicity leads you through each stage of the process to ensure you have top quality panoramas stitched in nearly no time, every time.

There are no restrictions when using 3DVista Stitcher. Stitch almost any kind of panorama: All popular lens types supported including standard, wide angle, FISHEYE and One-shot lenses. Whether you want to stitch full or partial panoramas, flat, immersive, cubic or spherical 3DVista Stitcher does the lot.

Preview your panorama with Stitcher's built-in viewer then save it in JPG, BMP or PSD format and it's ready to be imported into 3DVista Publisher, 3DVista SHOW or your favorite virtual tour authoring software.

The Sigma 8mm Fisheye is an excellent lens on the 5D. Colour and detail are excellent even at minimum aperature. The lens cap comes in two parts that you can use to advantage. Just take off the front cap and not the ring and you shoot a little less than 180 degrees. In this way you can block off the tripod leg, your feet etc. Watch out for stray light though as it will reflect off the ring cap. I found I could focus down to a couple of inches which is less than Sigma states. Fairly quick to auto focus but the odd time it continues to focus as the picture is being shot.

 

 

 

 

 

What Ken Rockwell has to say about this lens:

This original $160 lens is great. I prefer it over the twice as expensive 18 - 70 mm lens for smaller size, less distortion and better zooming. This 18 - 55 zooms easily and precisely while the 18 - 70's zoom control bunches the wide settings together at one end. I won't miss the 2/3 stop and 15mm longer range I lose compared to the more expensive 18 - 70 mm. The focusing is faster on the 18 - 70 and the 18 - 55 loses the magic ability to focus manually just by grabbing the focus ring, but for its intended purpose as a mid range zoom I prefer this cheaper 18 - 55.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Nikon 55-200mm f4-5.6G ED AF-S DX Nikkor Zoom Lens is an ultra compact, lightweight telephoto zoom lens with a 3.6x and 55- to 200-millimeter focal range that offers a remarkable cost-to-performance ratio. Optimized for use with Nikon digital SLRs, this lens is ideally suited for the Nikon D50 digital SLR camera. This affordable and powerful zoom offers the performance equivalent to an 82.5- to 300-millimeter lens in 35mm format and is suitable for everything from candid portraits to sports, nature, and wildlife photography. Featuring a Silent Wave Motor (SWM) that offers smooth and quite auto focus performance, this lens comes in black and measures a compact 2.7 inches in diameter by 3.1 inches in length and weighs approximately nine ounces

 

 

 

 

 

Although many of Sigma’s new lenses incorporate the latest technology and/or premium grade optics, this manufacturer continues to compete aggressively in the market for affordable zoom lenses. In addition to its APO, Aspherical, and HSM series, Sigma still offers a line of entry-level zooms, including the AF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 DL Macro. Intended for those on a tight budget, this lens is not only affordable but is also a competent performer.