I've read that the nodal point is usually somewhere near the aperature
blades of a lens. It seems to me, that with modest length lenses, doing
either vertical or horizontal panos would be kind of easy to do with a
two axis rail. The L-R axis could compensate for any off-lens-axis
tripod mount on a camera, and the Forward-Backward axis could be used to
position the lens nodal point more or less over the center of the tripod
post. Anyone tried this?
I'm looking forward to experimenting with such shots with my Optio SV.
BTW, it seems to me that pano shots would be one heck of a lot easier
with a pan/tilt head than a ball head, even a ball head with a pano
base. This would be particularly true for vertical panos or 2-D panos.
Comments invited.
-Lon
