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Micro 4/3 wide angle options

Started Mar 24, 2015 | Discussions thread
Martin.au
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Re: A very simple and zero cost solution

Chez Wimpy wrote:

Sean Nelson wrote:

Interior shots are fussier than most landscape shots in this regard because there can be objects relatively near the camera whose position will shift relative to the background if the camera moves. So if you're taking handheld shots with the intention of stitching them together you have to be as careful as you can to rotate the camera around its lens as opposed to just pivoting on your feet.

This is a very good point. I have gotten very sloppy in my stitch technique since moving towards m43 as a handheld landscaping rig. I once used nodal-point setups and counter-movements for shift-lens stitches religiously with my DSLR, but found in practice (even printing panoramas to some huge sizes with high standards) it mostly doesn't matter. Within the "3D" realm of interior photography however, especially for a fee, I think the nodal-point tripod approach would be the least one could do.

Yeah, Outdoors, when you're looking at 10s of meters to the foreground, a perfect nodal point isn't necessary, but once you're working at 1-50m then a nodal point is a very good idea.

If you're doing it professionally, then a nodal mount and tripod isn't that much of an issue, and will save time in the end. A bad stitch can take a lot of work to resolve, or worse - a reshoot.

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