Pano Heads

Duchovny

Hey guys

I'm thinking to get a pano head and would like to know if anyone have any experience with those?

I would like to take pictures in vertical 360 basically from sky to sky would that be quite easy and precise to do with a pano head?

Any special brand or model i should look into?

Cheers

stcstc

i have a manfrotto 303-sph and leveling base

its very good flexible and accurate

but a little pricey

there is one from a company called nodal ninja worth looking at

Howitzer

You want to shoot from sky to sky - wonder what that looks like - got an example pic?

I guess it's the same as using a horizontal pan head but mounted on tripod in portrait...

Anyway as stcstc mentioned the nodal ninja looks good http://www.nodalninja.com/ - it's reviewed in this months Digital Photographer mag (I think that's the mag)

I spotted this on google ads: http://gregwired.com/pano/Pano.htm
About €80 delivered to Ireland - looks like it would work well.

And if you were brave you could try making one.
3rd link below looks the easiest - I started to work on it but was having trouble getting the right screws (thread issues)
I'll try again some time.. I think it would give good results.

Hard: http://www.chem.uky.edu/xray/people/Parkin/panohead/panohead.html
medium: http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_the_panorama_head_el_cheapo
Easy and acheivable: http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161123&print=1

Duchovny

Howitzer wrote: »

You want to shoot from sky to sky - wonder what that looks like - got an example pic?

I guess it's the same as using a horizontal pan head but mounted on tripod in portrait...

Anyway as stcstc mentioned the nodal ninja looks good http://www.nodalninja.com/ - it's reviewed in this months Digital Photographer mag (I think that's the mag)

I spotted this on google ads: http://gregwired.com/pano/Pano.htm
About €80 delivered to Ireland - looks like it would work well.

And if you were brave you could try making one.
3rd link below looks the easiest - I started to work on it but was having trouble getting the right screws (thread issues)
I'll try again some time.. I think it would give good results.

Hard: http://www.chem.uky.edu/xray/people/Parkin/panohead/panohead.html
medium: http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_the_panorama_head_el_cheapo
Easy and acheivable: http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161123&print=1

http://gilad.deviantart.com/art/Rising-above-the-DEAD-11276884

something like this is what I'm looking for.

red_ice

excuse my ignorance.. but is that not something that your average tripod could achieve?

TJM

Re Howitzer's post - where do you get nuts & bolts with a suitable thread for affixing to camera tripod sockets? I've seen them spec'ed as 1/4 inch, 20 threads per inch, but have never seen this spec on the shelves of our (largely metric) DIY stores.

With a couple of these, a diy pano head would be relatively easy.

Howitzer

TJM wrote: »

Re Howitzer's post - where do you get nuts & bolts with a suitable thread for affixing to camera tripod sockets? I've seen them spec'ed as 1/4 inch, 20 threads per inch, but have never seen this spec on the shelves of our (largely metric) DIY stores.

With a couple of these, a diy pano head would be relatively easy.

It's the 20 threads per inch thing that scuppered me on this project.
Also the need for some 'insert nuts' - nuts that will accept the same thread and can be bashed into a bit of wood.

You can order nuts n bolts etc online.. so a few quid might get the project going again ;-)

red_ice

red_ice wrote: »

excuse my ignorance.. but is that not something that your average tripod could achieve?

no?

stcstc

well you have to be carefull, you need to rotate around the nodal point of the lens and a normal tripod head wont generally do this