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Panoramic head options

Started May 22, 2017 | Discussions thread
a_c_skinner Forum Pro • Posts: 13,047
Re: Panoramic head options

Camera, head, tripod.

I did it in my house using a vertical window bar and a distant object (a house in my case) as near and far targets.

Frame the window bar on the left of your image.  Move the tripod left and right until the window bar lines up with the far object you've chosen.  Rotate the camera until the window bar is on the right of the frame.  The distant object now won't line up.  Slide the camera/lens back and forward until the near and far targets remain lined up when the camera is swung right and left.

You don't need to be very accurate.  You need to do it at several focal lengths for a zoom and all lenses will differ.

Now take the pano head, pack it carefully and send it to anyone who will buy it because they really are superfluous unless you have objects VERY close in the foreground.  A simple something like this will be perfectly adequte.

All the panos on here are hand held except one.

Dedicated software will "correct" parallax errors.

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