Stitching panorama shots

[rhadorn]

I can't do vertical pans since they always turn out wrong.

I got good results rotating the stitched image to the horizontal and using spherical or Mercator projections; or even a cylindrical projection if the angle of view is not too big.

The proof: rotate a horizontal image to the vertical, and you will have the same problems as with your vertical series.

Reto

[rhadorn]

Nodal Ninja make some excellent and very compact pano heads that are a lot smaller and lighter than all the rest (Manfrotto included)
http://www.nodalninja.com/

I use an NN5

In this pono, the computer keyboards were about two feet away; with stuff this close, you wouldn’t get a decent stitch without a pano head.

I have made panos without any tripod or head, for example while hiking. It works very well for distant landscapes and astonishly well with landscapes with foregrounds at about 5-7 meters away. Living now in a place with bushy woods, I bought a NN5 with the standard rotator (changeable plates). It is very simple to use. Shooting mostly with a 24mm lens, I don't have to change the plates.

Reto

[carregwen]

Nodal Ninja make some excellent and very compact pano heads that are a lot smaller and lighter than all the rest (Manfrotto included)

In this pono, the computer keyboards were about two feet away; with stuff this close, you wouldn’t get a decent stitch without a pano head.

Thanks, Tim. Very useful info. They look very good. I followed the decision chart on the website, and it came out with the N5. Birthday list I think!

I'm intrigued by your control room shot. It looks like a mirror image, but the two halves are not quite the same. Can you explain please? A good pano.

[timo2]

Thanks Rob. It’s a 360 degree pano (17mm lens) and the room is symmetrical, it’s just the layout of the equipment that isn’t.