DaveS
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Location: Portland, OR, United States
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Panosaurus Spherical Calibration
Posted: 3 May 2008 at 2:08 GMT
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Hi Folks
I'm new to the forum and appreciate all info available. I've been using a Manfrotto 303 for years, and recently bought a Panosaurous for multi-row sphericals ( the Manfrotto option is too much $$$ right now ). Any groove tips for multi-row calibration - Panosaurous info doesn't cover this and my attempts with my Fuji S2 w/20mm Nikkor F2.8 haven't flown well with RV Stitcher 3.5 - would be great.
Thnx D
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Peter Patricelli
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Re: Panosaurus Spherical Calibration
Posted: 3 May 2008 at 4:15 GMT
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You are starting at the beginning of a very complex process. The Panosaurus is perfectly adequate. There are no "grooves". You need to go through the process of establishing correct camera position and the "non-parallax point", also called nodal point and entrance pupil. Then you need to establish the correct shooting sequences in terms of number of rows, shots around, degrees between rotation for your particular camera and lens. THEN you are ready to feed a stitcher.
There are many, many articles and tutorials online and in the archives here to help you establish the first two issues.
Peter Patricelli
www.flyfishingfotography.com
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mhc1
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Re: Panosaurus Spherical Calibration
Posted: 3 May 2008 at 16:38 GMT
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Dave,
look for the measurements to use with your camera here:
www.nodalninja.com/nodal_ninja_3_camera_settings....
I don´t know if Fuji S2 has the same dimension as Nikon D200 ??? Maybe it´s only the S5 that has the same body though.
But you get a good Idea how to take care oft it on Bill´s website too.
As Peters mentioned: there are thousands of websites around handling this problem.
If you have your distances - readings A and B refered to NodalNinja - see if the Panosaurus can accomplish this settings AND the weight.
An email to Greg could help, but here:
gregwired.com/pano/Compatability.htm
are the mesurements.
ciao
mike
www.360de.de (relaunched)
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Smooth
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Re: Panosaurus Spherical Calibration
Posted: 3 May 2008 at 16:58 GMT
updated: 3 May 2008 at 16:59 GMT
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I would have some concerns about the weight and size of the Fuji S2 on a Panosaurus. The S2 is a heavy camera at 850 grams (body). Maybe it will be OK, but I would be doing some serious testing to see how much the plastic panohead flexes under the load.
Regards, Smooth 
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mhc1
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Re: Panosaurus Spherical Calibration
Posted: 3 May 2008 at 17:02 GMT
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Smooth,
yes.
I worked well with a Nikon D70 // Sigma 8.
Just for reference though.
ciao
mike
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DaveS
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Re: Panosaurus Spherical Calibration
Posted: 3 May 2008 at 19:53 GMT
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Thanks for your reply Peter. A clarification - I used the term "groove" as a form of "groovy" - I guess my slang isn't universal.
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DaveS
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Re: Panosaurus Spherical Calibration
Posted: 3 May 2008 at 20:00 GMT
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My observation on flex with the S2 on the Panosaurous is that it's sub-minimal, if there's any at all. Weight was an initial concern of mine when considering buying the head. I would imagine that the issue might come into play if using a particularly large lens, however the wide angle prime lenses I'll use are pretty small and fairly lightweight.
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