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Re: Which pano head is good.?

I really mean just what I said, that there is functionally no difference between the precision head and the monopod once you get the hang of it.

I sometimes compare this to telemark skiing when I am explaining it to a class.  At some point I purchased skis and ski boots which were designed especially for telemark skiing.  They made it easier to become proficient at telemarking.  But after I had learned how to execute the turns I discovered that I then could also telemark down the ski hill with my old "skinny" skis.  It is much the same, except that the monopod is much more capable and really matches the precision head whereas you have to go slower with the skinny skis than you can ski down on the heavier telemark gear.   But maybe the analogy holds if you consider the situations that require steadiness, such as low light, to be like speed on skis.

When I am producing the stitched images of my work I seldom even think about which support system I was using when a given sequence was shot anymore as they are indistinguishable.  It takes some practice before the number of shots around 360 gets consistent, but eventually that happens too as you gain proficiency in gauging the turn between exposures.

Paul 




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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:30:44 +0100
From: Keith Martin <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Which pano head is good.?
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Sometime around 19/10/06 (at 14:26 -0700) Paul Fretheim said:

  
>It takes some practice to remember to make a mental note of what you 
>were looking at when you did the first shot.  This setup works great 
>and once I got used to it I find it easier than using the pano head 
>system and get at least as good results.
    

Do you *really* mean "at least as good", implying that some may be better?

Surely the fact that a regular pano head system on a tripod means 
that you're getting the nodal point/optical centre point rotation 
absolutely correct each time with no chance of accidental variation?

I understand how practise would mean you could become damn good with 
a monopod in the end (and I envy the speed and portability of that 
approach), but surely you don't mean that you can shoot *more* 
precisely than with a regular pano head on a stable tripod?

I'm not a pedant, honestly!
(Well okay, I am. But about other things!  ;-) 

  

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