This thread made me have to try a stitched panarama. Using a cheap ball head I took 3 photos of my living room and used the auto stitching in PS. The conection between one photo and the other two has a noticable jag at the crown molding. Otherwise it looks okay. I imagine that with a bit of pratice one could do a lot better. I guess one of those panarama heads would make things a bit easier, but a standard head and a $2 level would probably do as well.
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Kevin Waterson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stitcher Express has a few more useful features but costs
more. i find that the nodal point is negligibly important using these three
programs if you don't have architectural features near to the camera. that
is why i stopped using all of my special panorama heads and just use an
L-bracket on a Really Right Stuff panorama clamp. i still have a Kaidan
Kiwi-L head that is looking for a good home, and a have a Manfrotto 300N
clickstop panorama base that i am not ready to part with yet.
I have been looking at the 300N and it looks good at AUD$350.00 from Kayell.
Although Adorama has them at US$167.00 which is far cheaper. On talking to
the folks at Kayell they recommended the 303 panoramic kit, at AUD$968.00
or US$324.00 from Adorma and b&h.
As I am looking at architectural photo's I was thinking of using a panoramic
head to limit paralax errors when stitching. I guess the extra dollars spent
on a head is soon made up in time stitching.
Also, are there and recommeded lenses folks are use for this type of photography
using Pentax?
Kind regards
Kevin
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