for the types of subjects i shoot where the closest objects are a couple of feet away until infinity, it never mattered much whether i was a centimeter or so away from the nodal point. i shot fisheye and ultrawides. i found the software mattered a lot more.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 6:06 PM Subject: Re: The Nodal Point in a lens > It can be very important, it really depends on the subject and lens geometry. > For instance when shooting panos in very limited confines with fisheye lenses > where objects are at varying distances the nodal point needs to be set very > precisely. A few years ago I had a Kaidan Kiwi+ head but found it far too > imprecise to set repeatedly when changing lens/camera combos.
