On 12/12/2014 2:36 AM, SwissPace wrote:
This year has been quite the worst I have experienced for some time with 5 family deaths, paycuts and now my father
in law will be in and out of hospital over christmas and for the foreseeable future, sure things could be worse but
they could also be better.
Ouch! I sure hope the coming year is a big improvement.
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I have a great tripod but its rather large to carry so I have been looking for a light hiking tripod, I looked at the
befree but then I remembered moose's recent post on the velbon ultrek and it gets favorable reviews not only from moose.
I do like it a lot for a travel tripod
I see that there is a version with a panorama ball head and wonder if any one has used a ball head for panoramas in
landscape mode
I'm with Philippe. Landscapes are the easiest to do hand held. The minor possible misalignment just disappears at those
distances. I have two two page panorama spreads in my latest book, and they are wonderful. Both hand held, multiple
portrait mode shots stitched in PS.
or would I need something extra like the nodal ninja which is clearly up to the task. Cost is an issue though so i
would be interested in how others are doing it.
I am thinking of pulling the trigger on a velbon UT43Q with QHD-U4Q but am hesitating because I am not sure if the
camera would catch on the legs or something else as it is rotated
If you must, why not. A ball head like that is poor for panoramas. As soon as you loosen the head, it can wiggle or
flop, not just rotate. The tripod itself could help. Lock the head horizontally leveled, loosen the head extension,
leave it at minimum extension, and rotate the camera for subsequent shots.
But it really isn't necessary for daylight shots.
Spinning Moose
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