For panoramas made with a tlephoto lens, this doesn't really matter much. For wide angle lenses, the foreground will be a mess - for instance if theres a tiled square or paving in the forground - this is impossible to get right without a nodal point adapter. I normally just use af Metz flash bracket, which allows me to slide the camera backwards to find the nodal point of the lens/focal length I am going to use.
Take a look at: http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt/DreamHC/Side25.html Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: mike wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 5. juni 2005 14:58 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: GESO: Gallery from the annual bike race - Toserunden, Koge Denmark Markus Maurer wrote: > Hi Jens > thanks for your answer raising another question ;-) > what is a "Nodal point adapter" ? The light rays through the lens run something like this: subject >< film plane The image formed at the film plane (or sensor) is therefore upside down. You need to pivot the whole apparatus around that central point or you get parallax/perspective issues with the ensuing joins. There is an adaptor for the tripod head that allows you to pivot around the nodal point (where the lines cross) instead of somewhere else inside the camera/lens system. > What about the creation of the thumbnails, manually or some kind of > automatism? > greetings > Markus > > > >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 1:59 PM >>>To: [email protected] >>>Subject: SV: GESO: Gallery from the annual bike race - Toserunden, Koge >>>Denmark >>> >>>handheld and I didn't use a proper Nodal point adapter, which I really >>>should. >>> >>>Jens Bladt >>> > > > > >
