[LRflex] Re: Panos

Andrew Nemeth wrote:
Getting the nodal point is crucial if you have near items that you want in sync with far items as you stitch prints together.
Getting the Nodal Point exactly right only matters if you are shooting with a fisheye lens. Otherwise a little (+/- 10mm) slack is okay. You can always touch things up in photoshop, which you generally have to do for panos anyway.
Sounds reasonable... and, from the acknowledged master of Pano work ... very reasonable, indeed!
In 2006 I did a linear panorama of a 250m row of shops along a highway. Each shot was taken 5m apart and then approx. 80x were stitched together into a single image. 5m between shots: that is what I would call a fair bit of Nodal Point slack :?) 

The result?  The "Lawson GWH Heritage Shops" linear panorama at:

<http://4020.net/bmvr/#lawsonshops>
A gorgeous shot, Andrew. And nice to preserve the history, before it was torn down. :-) 



I use the Novoflex set up - see the URL:
http://www.360rage.com/panorama-hardware-item.php?i=12


Someone complained this is too expensive.  Not really - see the 360
Precision mounts at:

<http://www.360precision.com/>

... which weigh in at @ £540 UK Pounds (!)
OK. Allow me to clarify... the NOVO is too expensive for my strained budget! This one is definitely out of my reach!
FWIW I made my own VR mount years ago so I could use my Leica 16mm fisheye on a motorised M: 

<http://leica.nemeng.com/003f.shtml>

Since it is a "swinging mount", it can be pointed up for a vertical
shot.  This lets you shoot a full sphere with 8 shots: 6x
horizontally, 1-up, 1-down.
It looks very nicely done... I'm no good at metal crafting ... I wonder if I could make one out of wood? 

Thanks, as always, for the "inside info"!

Cheers!

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