Thread: Panoramic head for tripod

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

Sometimes not Ian, but you have to be extremely mindful of pivoting the camera about it's axis, not your body axis, particularly when there is subject matter closer to you than "infinity" - that's where the parallax error will creep in. Depends how important the pic is, time available etc I suppose.

I was just showing off,
to take the photo I used a Sony NEX 6 and Sony's included panographic program which snaps a shot every 1/2 sec or so as the camera is rotated -- to my mind the "killer" reason to buy a Sony

Originally Posted by ian

-- to my mind the "killer" reason to buy a Sony

Plus the fact that they use Zeiss lenses....

Here is an example where a panoramic tripod head is worth using.

Hand held



WIth pano head.

Last week I brought a Sony DSC-HX300 because its optical zoom is equivelant 1200mm focal lenght (if thats the right terminology) and then theres digital on top of that, and its price. In discovering what it can do I came across its panorama capability and its very simplistic use... needless to say I'm impressed.