Any lens should work. A fisheye (in portrait) needs app 6 shots for a 360 deg view, a 16mm lens app. 14 shots etc. The shots need to overlap. A full circle fisheye could in theory capture a full 360x180 deg view in two shots.
Toine On 24 April 2012 05:54, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll give it a try, but why fisheye lens is necessary? Can't I use a regular > lens, say 16 mm or 24 mm or 50 mm??? > > > On 4/23/2012 09:55, Toine wrote: >> >> Thanks, Boris. Writing a detailed tutorial is possible, if it hadn't >> been done already. In short: >> You would need to get the following stuff >> - Nodal Ninja 5 pano head >> - rotator >> - leveling device >> - nadir adapter www.nodalninja.com >> - good tripod with a short center column >> - ptgui www.ptgui.com >> - pano2vr www.pano2vr.com >> - fisheye lens like the DA10-17 >> - your favorite Pentax DSLR >> >> The websites above have all the info you need, combining it all is the >> challenge. >> I suggest you start with the software and a regular tripod and tripod >> head to capture a panorama outside, even handheld is possible. Only >> with objects close to the camera like inside buildings and bad light, >> a pano head is necessary. >> >> The difficult part is capturing the floor (nadir) and removing the tripod. >> >> Toine > > > -- > 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.
