Clay Morehead, Author at 360 Rumors https://360rumors.com/author/clay-morehead/ 360 camera reviews, news, and tutorials Thu, 03 Apr 2025 05:51:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/360rumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-icon-01-scaled-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Clay Morehead, Author at 360 Rumors https://360rumors.com/author/clay-morehead/ 32 32 131172815 Tips for Noise Reduction in Panoramaic Photography using Adobe https://360rumors.com/mastering_noise_reduction_in_photography/ https://360rumors.com/mastering_noise_reduction_in_photography/#comments Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:42:53 +0000 https://360rumors.com/?p=20838 Best Practices for Noise Reduction Let’s dive into some effective practices for noise reduction, focusing on an Adobe workflow. We’ll explore methods for various camera types and share tips to ensure your images shine. Working with Older DSLR Cameras First, let’s look at images shot with a Nikon D70 from about 15 years ago. When […]

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]]> https://360rumors.com/mastering_noise_reduction_in_photography/feed/ 1 20838 Will Ricoh Brick your Theta? https://360rumors.com/will-ricoh-brick-your-theta/ https://360rumors.com/will-ricoh-brick-your-theta/#comments Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:53:23 +0000 https://360rumors.com/?p=20764 Not quite, but if you’re not careful you’ll lose some of the advanced shooting modes. Ricoh announced that it is retiring the Ricoh Theta App* and replacing it with the Ricoh 360 app as of December 2024.Why have they done this? For the last year or so Ricoh has been promoting its 360 Tour solutions, […]

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]]> https://360rumors.com/will-ricoh-brick-your-theta/feed/ 5 20764 Which Ricoh 360 camera has better HDR – Theta X or Z1?  https://360rumors.com/thetax-or-thetaz1/ https://360rumors.com/thetax-or-thetaz1/#comments Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:09:35 +0000 https://360rumors.com/?p=20142 HDR (High Dynamic Range) is essential for high contrast scenes… interiors with bright windows, sunsets, and deep shade. We’re going to take a look at two Ricoh one shot cameras, the Theta X in HDR-DNG mode and the Theta Z1 in Bracket Mode   Jpeg from both cameras appeared flat and muddy. But the DNG […]

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]]> https://360rumors.com/thetax-or-thetaz1/feed/ 2 20142 Ai Nadir and Zenith Patch Actions https://360rumors.com/ai-nadir-patch-action/ https://360rumors.com/ai-nadir-patch-action/#comments Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:32:12 +0000 https://360rumors.com/?p=20196 Photographers shooting panoramas with DSLRs/Mirrorless rigs take an extra nadir shot, or zenith shot in the case of drone shots and stitch it in along with the image set. This is of course, the best way. But if it’s a one-shot panorama such as this one shot with a Ricoh Theta Z1 it can be […]

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]]> https://360rumors.com/ai-nadir-patch-action/feed/ 2 20196 Stitch Theta X with PtGui https://360rumors.com/stitch-theta-x-with-ptgui/ https://360rumors.com/stitch-theta-x-with-ptgui/#respond Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:46:33 +0000 https://360rumors.com/?p=20118 The current Ricoh Theta Stitcher works perfectly for stitching Raw images from the Z1 or X. But there are a couple reasons to stitch with PtGui: Batch Stitching is more bulletproof, you can correct problems at the seam with masking. Unfortunately PtGui has not yet accommodated the X (as of Sept 26, 2024) If you […]

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