The term panoramic format is used to refer to high aspect ratio or wide screen image format. Especially suitable for landscapes, where a lot of scenery can be taken in at a glance. The aspect ratio of an image is its displayed width divided by its height (usually expressed as x:y). For instance, the aspect ratio of a traditional television screen is 4:3, or 1. ... A 32inch CRT widescreen television A widescreen image is a film image with a greater aspect ratio than the ordinary 35 millimeter frame. ...

Especially in panoramic photography, the panoramic format can be taken to extremes, like in this example showing Riddarfjärden in Stockholm: An example of a panoramic image taken from The London Eye. ... Riddarfjärden, literally the Knight Fjord, is a bay of lake Mälaren in central Stockholm. ...   Stockholm? is the capital and the largest city in Sweden. ...

Example of panoramic format.

Panoramic images such as that above may be taken using specialized cameras or they may be pieced together from multiple digitized photographs in a process called stitching. However, the most common method of producing panoramic photos is to simply crop away the top and bottom portions an exceptionally wide angle photograph taken on a standard camera (such as 35mm or medium format) so that the aspect ratio of the remaining image is between 2:1 and 3:1. Portions of an image such as that above may be rendered into an undistorted view in response to user control in one form of virtual reality. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (6784x1540, 2070 KB) Panorama of Riddarfjärden, the easternmost bay of lake Mälaren in central Stockholm, Sweden, taken (C) by Lars Aronsson, 2001, from the heights of Södermalm overlooking its quay, the water, and looking north towards the island... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (6784x1540, 2070 KB) Panorama of Riddarfjärden, the easternmost bay of lake Mälaren in central Stockholm, Sweden, taken (C) by Lars Aronsson, 2001, from the heights of Södermalm overlooking its quay, the water, and looking north towards the island... A camera is a device used to take pictures (usually photographs), either singly or in sequence, with or without sound, such as with video cameras. ... In photography and cinematography, a wide-angle lens is a lens whose focal length is shorter than the focal length of a normal lens. ... 135 is a film format for still photography. ... Medium-format is a film format in still photography. ... The aspect ratio of an image is its displayed width divided by its height (usually expressed as x:y). For instance, the aspect ratio of a traditional television screen is 4:3, or 1. ... Virtual reality (abbreviated VR) describes an environment that is simulated by a computer. ...

Panorama paintings were very popular in the 19th century. The Bourbaki Panorama in Lucerne, Switzerland exhibits a circular painting of 1881 painted by Edouard Castres. The painting measures about 10 metres in height with a circumference of more than 100 metres, Location within Switzerland Lucerne (German: Luzern) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (December 31, 2003), capital of the canton of Lucerne. ...

Extreme panoramic formats in cinema are also possible, but require special projection rooms and projection systems. The first 360° installation was at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Another 360° system was shown at the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne, Switzerland. The theater is a large cylindrical space with an arrangement of screens whose bottom is several meters above the floor. This allows viewers to enter and exit through doors in the lower part of the cylinder and view the presentation without visual interference from other viewers. There is no seating but there are rails to lean against and to hold on to in case of vertigo induced by camera motion. The projection system consists of an odd number of screens arranged in a circle with a gap between each, which avoids minor disruputive discontinuities by introducing major discontinuities that can easily be overlooked. Within the gap between each screen is the lens of a movie projector that displays an image on its specific screen, which is diametrically opposite across the room. Disneyland is a theme park at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. ... This temporary page is being used to expand and convert the article Anaheim, California over to the new format agreed to at WikiProject Cities. ... The Swiss Transport Museum or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, in Lucerne, is a museum exhibiting all forms of transportation (including locomotives, automobiles, ships, and aircraft) as well as communications. ... Location within Switzerland Lucerne (German: Luzern) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (December 31, 2003), capital of the canton of Lucerne. ... Vertigo can refer to a number of things: Vertigo is a form of dizziness often associated with balance disorder. ... A movie projector is an opto-mechanical device for displaying moving pictures. ...

Locations of circular panoramic movie theaters:

• Disneyland, Anaheim, California, USA
• Museum of the Terracotta Army, Xian, China

See also

• Panoramic photography
• Panning
• Film format
• Panorama Tools (Open source software)
• Hugin (Open source software)

An example of a panoramic image taken from The London Eye. ... Panning, a horizontal motion in an image display or capture. ... Movie film formats Amateur formats: 8 mm Single-8 Super 8 mm Polavision 9,5 mm film 17. ... Panorama Tools is a collection of free software programs for creating panoramas from multiple images. ... Hugin is a cross-platform open source panorama photo stitching program developed by Pablo dAngelo and others. ...

External links

• Some panoramas from Spain and other places
• 1906 San Francisco earthquake damage shown in panoramas taken from a kite flown panoramic camera
• Free Tool to create your own Panoramas