An afterthought: I was once tempted by this type of device
http://tinyurl.com/or4x6kl
Might do the trick
Philippe
Le 12 déc. 14 à 19:20, Moose a écrit :
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.
...
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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