pole pano

[discocandy]

last week I recieved my pole for panoramaic work.
set at 6 meter this is the first real test I made.
The R1 is amazing!
I would like to thank Nodal ninja for their support and amazing tools.
Guys you are like family to me!

http://www.360cities.net/image/polep...rk-netherlands

Tools used.
Canon 50D (set on f
sigma 8mm F4
Nodal Ninja R1 (set to -7.5 degree to get as much sharpness as possible in my nadir)
manfrotto 7.3 meter pole.
ptgui pro.
photoshop cs4
flexify 2

[nick fan]

last week I recieved my pole for panoramaic work.
set at 6 meter this is the first real test I made.
The R1 is amazing!
I would like to thank Nodal ninja for their support and amazing tools.
Guys you are like family to me!

http://www.360cities.net/image/polep...rk-netherlands

Tools used.
Canon 50D (set on f
sigma 8mm F4
Nodal Ninja R1 (set to -7.5 degree to get as much sharpness as possible in my nadir)
manfrotto 7.3 meter pole.
ptgui pro.
photoshop cs4
flexify 2

The pano looks great. Thanks for sharing.
Can you share this pano without nadir patching? I want to know how big is the footprint of Manfrotto pole.


Nick

[discocandy]

Hi nick.
the footprint is not that big. the biggest problem is that the 3.8 thread is not centered in the pole so I need to adjust to that.

Or I might change the top of the lightstand so it can hold a normal 3/8 in the center.

I uploaded a pano withou nadir and zenith patch to flickr.com and with aldo his plugin we can see it (shockwave)
http://fieldofview.com/flickr/?page=...quirectangular

[discocandy]

try this link instead. :blushing:
http://www.360cities.net/image/mg-3979-panorama

[discocandy]

I've been working on the setup today.
Problem was I could not get the lens enough to the front.
Solution was to reverse the mounting plate of the ring.
now I hand more room to get it more to the front. But..
I think I need to make a new top for the pole.

on the otherhand.. I guess it is close enough. there is movemant in the pole anyway so if it's a little of you will not see it.
right now it stitches nearly perfect.

[nick fan]

Hi nick.
the footprint is not that big. the biggest problem is that the 3.8 thread is not centered in the pole so I need to adjust to that.

Actually, at 7.5m high, NPP may not be that important. Many pro pole panographers shift the lens 10-20mm infront of NPP to reduce the nadir footprint. So maybe you can simply rotate the pole adapter by 180 deg so that the lens surface is in line with the pole circumference.


Nick

[discocandy]

I've been thinking about that myself. the first pano I did was actually like that. but problem was that if I rotated the head 180. I could not do a zenit image at 90 degrees.
but at 75 or so. also not really a problem. but still I need to find a metal shop that can ceate a new top for me. without the bulky plastic thing there is right now

[Seacat]

Greet work this pano. Thanks for sharing how you make this panorama.

Johan

[discocandy]

Hey Johan.

(In dutch)

We kunnen wel een keer afspreken?

Back to English

For all Dutch members. maybe a nice idea to do a dutch panographers meeting??

I did one a couple of years ago and was huge fun!

[Seacat]

Hi "Discocady",

(in Dutch)

Prima, geef maar aan waar en wanneer.

(Back to Englisch)

Count me in for meetig! When You need some help, just email me.

Johan

[Seacat]

Oeps..... miss typings.... There isn't a option to edit a posting??

so:

Count me in for a meeting! When You need some help, just email me.

[discocandy]

My Father in law had an old Eiger tripod wich had a slightly larger middle colom as the inside of the pole.
I heated up the pole and made the colom of the eiger (after shortening it) very cold
I could hammer the colom inside the pole.
After cooling down of the heated pole it is thightended rock solid

[discocandy]

and here the first pano with this new setup.
http://fieldofview.com/flickr/?page=...quirectangular
Takes a while to load.

[nick fan]

and here the first pano with this new setup.
http://fieldofview.com/flickr/?page=...quirectangular
Takes a while to load.

Wow, magnificent!

BTW, how heavy is the Manfrotto tripod?

Nick

[discocandy]

it weights around 20 pounds.
I know some people use a golf trolley for it to move over long distances.
I did not buy that yet. but think it could be very handy.