Paul, You really need Dave Savage to chime in here. He's done some fine panos. My experience is limited to 3 shots with the 31mm strung together. I just guessed that the nodal point was somewhere inside the glass. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I applied for a gig shooting virtual reality tours of houses. The job > should generate about ten assignments a month. To get a shot at it, I > had to say I had a panorama head. Shortly after sending an e-mail > application I received a call asking me to shoot a test by Friday. So > I had to order a panorama head immediately with overnight delivery. I > have to shoot vertical with a 17mm focal length, and, based on what > I've read, It seems I need a head that will allow me to adjust for > the nodal point with wide angle lenses. I took a quick look around > and bought a Bogen / Manfrotto 303PLUS QTVR Geared Panoramic Head. > It's here: > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/293641-REG/ > Bogen_Manfrotto_303PLUS_303PLUS_QTVR_Geared_Panoramic.html. > Has anyone used this head? How hard is it to locate the nodal > point? Learning on the fly here. > Paul > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
