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DIY nodal slide anybody?

Started Oct 2, 2019 | Discussions thread
petrochemist Veteran Member • Posts: 3,619
Re: DIY nodal slide anybody?
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Giovanni_1968 wrote:

Just wondering if anybody ever did a nodal slide for panorama photography. I am tempted to try some stitching but don't want to start all the way in by buying an expensive nodal slide, thought to look up for DIY projects for a simple slide just to align the camera-lens on the nodal point as to avoid parallax, I have a friend who is very patient and who owns a lathe (I think this is the name of the machine in English), anybody ever made an attempt at such a thing?

Grazie

I've shot panoramas but have never needed a nodal slide. Microsoft ICE has always stitched the shot just fine, even when the shots were handheld from a moving boat.

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