Rosauro
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Harold
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Re: MK Panohead Review
Posted: 3 Nov 2008 at 1:22 GMT
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Thanks, Rosauro. Very thorough and well-presented review.
Harold
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Rosauro
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Re: MK Panohead Review
Posted: 3 Nov 2008 at 9:34 GMT
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Thank you Harold for taking the time to read and for your feedback. Glad you enjoyed it.
More reviews to come... 
Regards
Rosauro
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pedro silva
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Re: MK Panohead Review
Posted: 8 Nov 2008 at 17:17 GMT
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thank you rosauro for the review.
one question: i'd like to have more click stops on the vertical arm. is it possible to replace the orignal rotator with a standard manfrotto 300n? just to be clear, i mean instead of the red rotator, not onthe base. thanks again.
cheers,
pedro
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Rosauro
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Re: MK Panohead Review
Posted: 9 Nov 2008 at 11:38 GMT
updated: 9 Nov 2008 at 11:38 GMT
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Hello Pedro
Thank you for the feedback.
The upper rotator is a constant 15° increments. Not sure if MK will provide a replacement upper rotator for various degrees.
The hole at the base of the MK panohead has no thread. So you cannot install a 300N without the red base.
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mediavets
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Re: MK Panohead Review
Posted: 9 Nov 2008 at 12:26 GMT
updated: 9 Nov 2008 at 12:27 GMT
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Pedro
Why would you need more click stops on the upper rotator?
In fact why do you need click stops at all on the upper rotator?
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pedro silva
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Re: MK Panohead Review
Posted: 11 Nov 2008 at 18:09 GMT
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thank you gentlemen, for your replies.
it is really a pitty the different manufacturers don't make their equipment truly modular. would it be so hard to put standard 3/8" threads everywhere they're needed? agnos has the same problem, as i bet do others.
andrew, 15 degrees is not quite enough for a 70mm on a crop body, nevermind a 200mm. as you know, click stops can be a big plus, not only to ease shooting, but to position relatively featureless sky shots during processing. with the 300n, one can use about 135mm in landscape, which is not too bad; with no less than 15 degrees, the pitch rotations are still a problem, though.
i know (or imagine) the experts can do flawless handheld full spherical gigapixel panos. me, i'm right handed, but i'm stuck with two left paws, so i need all the help i can get (although i have a few i'm not ashamed of, see hdview.at/#portugal ).
cheers,
pedro
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Rosauro
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Re: MK Panohead Review
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 9:22 GMT
updated: 19 Nov 2008 at 9:26 GMT
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I received the rotator that is bundled with the MK Panohead - the Berlebach panoramic plate.
Just finished the review once again.
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mediavets
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Re: MK Panohead Review
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 11:35 GMT
updated: 19 Nov 2008 at 12:03 GMT
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pedro silva said: andrew, 15 degrees is not quite enough for a 70mm on a crop body, nevermind a 200mm. as you know, click stops can be a big plus, not only to ease shooting, but to position relatively featureless sky shots during processing. with the 300n, one can use about 135mm in landscape, which is not too bad; with no less than 15 degrees, the pitch rotations are still a problem, though.
cheers,
pedro
Unless the upper arm rotator is of a rather greater diameter then I doubt one could get click stops smaller than 15 degrees.
But even with no click stops on this rotator if you record/remember the pitch of each row then you still have the data needed to help position featureless shy shots?
Or if you want to go one step further for those hi-res panos using longer focal length lenses you could consider the Merlin/Orion with Papywizard robotic head. This system can record Yaw and Pitch values for every shot taken (in an optional XML formatted data file) and an upcoming version of Autopano Pro will use this data to position those relatively featureless sky shots and other potential 'orphan' images:
www.brewzone.com/2008/11/diy-pano-head
gigapans.blogspot.com/
www.autopano.net/forum/t4794-low-cost-motorised-p...
www.autopano.net/forum/f20-merlin,orion-and-papyw...
Andrew
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