Pano head for G5?

Does anyone know of a panorama head that has the proper offsets for a G5?

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Chester Bullock
My Canon G5 Picture Gallery is at
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ColoradoSkier said:

Does anyone know of a panorama head that has the proper offsets for
a G5?

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Chester Bullock
My Canon G5 Picture Gallery is at
http://www.bullockfamily.com/canong5/

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Chester,

Manfrotto makes a complex panorama head for about $460US, but I made two adapters (vert and horiz) out of oak 1x2s and 1/4"-20 thumbturns and screw sockets from Home Depot. Cost about $4 each and 2 hours in my woodshop. They work perfectly. Now my G1 pivots on the lens axis in either landscape or portrait orientation. Why can't the tripod socket be in line with the lens, especially for a camera with panorama mode? Maybe better on the G6 someday. --steve

Pics please..............

steve52 said:

ColoradoSkier said:

Does anyone know of a panorama head that has the proper offsets for
a G5?

--
Chester Bullock
My Canon G5 Picture Gallery is at
http://www.bullockfamily.com/canong5/

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Chester,
Manfrotto makes a complex panorama head for about $460US, but I
made two adapters (vert and horiz) out of oak 1x2s and 1/4"-20
thumbturns and screw sockets from Home Depot. Cost about $4 each
and 2 hours in my woodshop. They work perfectly. Now my G1 pivots
on the lens axis in either landscape or portrait orientation. Why
can't the tripod socket be in line with the lens, especially for a
camera with panorama mode? Maybe better on the G6 someday. --steve

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Michal G said:

Michal G said:

ColoradoSkier said:

Does anyone know of a panorama head that has the proper offsets for
a G5?

--
Chester Bullock
My Canon G5 Picture Gallery is at
http://www.bullockfamily.com/canong5/

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Chester,
Manfrotto makes a complex panorama head for about $460US, but I
made two adapters (vert and horiz) out of oak 1x2s and 1/4"-20
thumbturns and screw sockets from Home Depot. Cost about $4 each
and 2 hours in my woodshop. They work perfectly. Now my G1 pivots
on the lens axis in either landscape or portrait orientation. Why
can't the tripod socket be in line with the lens, especially for a
camera with panorama mode? Maybe better on the G6 someday. --steve

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Michal G wrote:
Pics please..............

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I have never posted pictures and I have no web site. Where do I find how to attach pictures to a post? --steve52

ColoradoSkier said:

Does anyone know of a panorama head that has the proper offsets for
a G5?

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Feel free to spend your hard-earned $$$ for a fancy panorama head, but the fact is, you really don't need one. You can just as easily hold your camera in front of you, put your elbows in your stomach to brace the camera, and swivel your torso to take panorama shots. I like the panorama function of the camera, but you can do it in manual, too. An example...



More scattered around here...

http://www.pbase.com/sdommin/hawaii03

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Scott

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Wonderful pic SDommin !!

If you really want a tripod mount in line with lens for pan I would suggest having one made. I was thinking of having an addition to a lensmate, just a bracket with a tripod mount that snaps on. But even easier is to use wood block with screw for mount and another tripod mount offset correctly. (since I work in a digital camera repair depot getting extra mounts is very easy so I think I'll throw one of the wood offsets together shortly)

SDommin said:

ColoradoSkier said:

Does anyone know of a panorama head that has the proper offsets for
a G5?

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Feel free to spend your hard-earned $$$ for a fancy panorama head,
but the fact is, you really don't need one. You can just as easily
hold your camera in front of you, put your elbows in your stomach
to brace the camera, and swivel your torso to take panorama shots.
I like the panorama function of the camera, but you can do it in
manual, too. An example...



More scattered around here...

http://www.pbase.com/sdommin/hawaii03

--
Scott

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Scott,

Your panorama looks great, and handheld does work 90% of the time, but your technique will work only for far distant panoramas, however close objects will often do you in because of parallax. You will have much more consistant results if you pivot the camera around a single point, even handheld, rather than swinging the camera around your body. But maybe that is what you meant. For tight interiors (I'm an architect), you really need a tripod and camera with the tripod mount centered on the lens or a way to compensate for the offset. I use Panorama Factory, which lets you easily adjust the seams after initial stitching, to reduce ghosting caused by parallax or moving objects or people. --steve52

I don't know too much about pano heads but they sound interesting. I've got a nice Manfrotto Bogen Tripod, would it be possible for anyone to build me a pano head? I ask because a) I have no tools to speak of other than a hammer and screwdrivers and the like, b) even if I did have access to said tools I wouldn't even know how to build one!

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steve52 said:

Your panorama looks great, and handheld does work 90% of the time,
but your technique will work only for far distant panoramas,
however close objects will often do you in because of parallax.

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You're right, Steve. I didn't consider indoor architectural shots, but I still think that the vast majority of the people reading this will be taking scenic panos where the closest important object is more than 10 feet away.

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Scott

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