Thanks for the convincing evidence of using a nodal rail. But I think parallax will be most pronounced if there can be any object closer to the camera. What about next time to include this 'terrible' chapel in the panorama?
hi Alexander - glad you liked the video 🙂 I'll be shooting more panos this year (I just bought a Manfrotto head for the purpose) and will try to include one with a closer foreground object. I think in the video I showed how the rail deals with parallax when lining up the 2 poles in my garden.
Thank you ! Your Three Legged Thing stand looks absolutely immobile on a hillside in a breeze with a big heavy camera and lens on it. Is that right ? Would the more affordable stands tend to quiver in such conditions ?
hi my 3LT tripod has never let me down in over 10 years of use in all sorts of conditions and terrain. I think a tripod is one of those things you get what you pay for. light or travel tripods do a job but they can be flimsy. when I shot medium format a lot I bought an ifootage tripod - again not cheap but absolutely rock solid. I'd always recommend buying the best tripod and head you can. Make sure they are rated to comfortably hold your heaviest camera and lens with a bit to spare. Clean it and look after it and it'll then last you many years.
Very informative Nick. I've attempted most photographic techniques with the notable exception of panoramas for some reason! I would say that for an outlay of £12 a nodal rail is a worthwhile accessory to have, the comparison between the two panos is there for all to see. Nice work once again on a topic I've not seen featured elsewhere, groundbreaking as usual!
nice one Moe - looking forward to it already!! I have one quite terrifying one from my cycling days to. tell. I'm not a believer in the paranormal but this one really did spook even me!
I love this on location videos where you explain the process and your thinking about the picture, i really enjoyed it. Hope to see more in the future :)
I found it eliminated most of the empty spaces around the borders of my pano - so worth the £12 or so I invested :-) I haven't tried it with a wider perspective yet (i.e. including a foreground element). I'll give that a go some time and report back!
LOL, you knew I was going to comment on the use of the ball head, I did use the Benro geared head for a 7 or 8 shot stitched panorama (X-T4+XF35 f/2) and it worked great. Now changing the subject and on a more serious note, anyone that claims not to believe in the paranormal has never met my mother in law. On a second serious note, Nick, once in a while buy Dexter a good burger, I hope that you're not giving him dog food every day, he does a lot for the channel. Be well and stay safe.
I be your mother in law is lovely!?!?!? Dexter does NOT have burgers!! Though we do spoil him with chicken fillets once in a while. In fact he has to be on a strict gluten-free diet. He did once eat a whole chocolate cake necessitating a trip to the vet and a £300 bill to get his stomach pumped!
@@duringthemeanwhilst I had many dogs through the years (until I moved to a condominium) and I was told by vets not to give chocolate to dogs, I’m assuming that Dexter had the cake without permission.
