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DIY nodal slide anybody?

Started Oct 2, 2019 | Discussions thread
Bernard Delley Senior Member • Posts: 2,041
Re: DIY nodal slide

I actually made one, several years ago.

But, do not forget that the entire setup includes a tripod, leveling pano head (here Arca P0) with clamp (I DIY mounted an RRS clamp on P0)  , my DIY nodal slide with nodal positions marked  (with RRS clamp on the slide),  L-bracket . This is for single row pano.

Since I had no nodal slide at the time, and it was out of stock locally. I did  mill one from aluminum in my home workshop in time for my photo trip.

But, as others pointed out, the nodal slide is the least costly part of the pano setup.

Often on travel/hiking, I do not have the pano setup with me mostly for weight and bulk reasons. So I do free hand pano. The built in level on the recent Nikon DSLR helps. But, close up foreground should not be present in free hand panoing.

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