Panorama Tripod head?

I need some suggestions for a head, I do not know a thing about them. I am not looking for anything cheap.

I don't have fancy stuff, but I do use a double-bubble level on my hot shoe. It can get quite complicated with nodal points and such. I took a six shot pano of my backyard yesterday using a monopod and my G9 in portrait (vertical) orientation. It came out okay, but I wasn't trying for perfection. I stitched them together with the pano feature of PS Elements 8. It was overcast and gently raining at the time. I used full Manual, and found f/4.0, 1/30 sec, at ISO 80 gave an even exposure left to right.

Here's the result, but significantly reduced in pixel size from the 308 MB TIFF (~7200 x 4000 pixels).

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OT Re: Panorama Tripod head?

denncald wrote in post #10875782
I don't have fancy stuff, but I do use a double-bubble level on my hot shoe. It can get quite complicated with nodal points and such. I took a six shot pano of my backyard yesterday using a monopod and my G9 in portrait (vertical) orientation. It came out okay, but I wasn't trying for perfection. I stitched them together with the pano feature of PS Elements 8. It was overcast and gently raining at the time. I used full Manual, and found f/4.0, 1/30 sec, at ISO 80 gave an even exposure left to right.

Here's the result, but significantly reduced in pixel size from the 308 MB TIFF (~7200 x 4000 pixels).

You can read a tutorial (several pages) about pano on the RRS website;

http://reallyrightstuf​f.com/pano/

Dennis

Nice yard

Thanks, soon the leaves will be changing colors, and then the snow will begin to fall, and we won't remember the "Green, Green Grass of Home"

Dennis

Come on over Dennis and mow my grass, we don't have much snow in WA where I live.

BTW Great pano

Daryle

carsonbm wrote in post #10874219
I need some suggestions for a head, I do not know a thing about them. I am not looking for anything cheap.

You don't tell us what you will be shooting with it, so how can we suggest anything? If "not cheap" is the only criterion, then go with this:
http://reallyrightstuf​f.com/pano/07.html

To really splurge, throw in one of these:
http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …Systematic_6X_C​arbon.html

Study it a little on the internet, particularly DIY places. You can make it as simple just using a Pano setting button (my SD800) or as complicated as you need to get the quality you want. I was astounded at the results I get with the above camera and just hand held it. If you want to use a tripod, it is really nice if the tripod socket is below the center of the lens anyway. P&S cameras are easy, you really don't need all that stuff unless you want to shoot with camera in portrait position. Start getting into DSLR's with longer lenses and it gets a lot more complicated. Most pano's are shot with shorter lenses anyway.