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If I use a slide mount and determine the nodal point of my lens will that correct the parallax in all axes? I.e not just horizontal but also vertical? I’d like to try to make a huge photo made up of 3 rows of photos stitched together, not just 1 row for a normal panoramic.

It would also mean I could make photos that would have the medium format/large format depth of field look
 
To correct and set nodal point on all axis you. Need a dedicated pano bracket.
By far the best range off brackets available is made by NodaNinja (Fanotec)
The basic but excellent NN 3 MK2 is often available second hand. It it's just about all small and medium sized mirror less cameras and many DSLR
It works brilliantly on all my Fuji and canon cameras.
 
You would need something like a gimbal mount because to eliminate parallax the camera/lens has to rotate around the nodal point/entrance pupil; this Andoer is rather cheap (no idea how good it is). A head like the Manfrotto 303 is for multi row, but does not eliminate parallax vertically. Unless there is something very close included in your composition, parallax may not be much of an issue.
 
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303sph is what you need. It is an absolute hassle to do. I have one but barely touched it just to test. None of my real estate clients wanted any of this in the end.

Why not just buy a sharp fast prime like 28mm art and use high res sensor instead
 
I would not get the manfrotto 303
It is. Extremely heavy, not very accurate, as easy to use as getting though tangled barbwire. However it was about the first to come on the market and has never been refined.
As you can tell. I have a very low opinion of it. Most owners of it never take it with them..
 
Terrywoodenpic said:
I would not get the manfrotto 303
It is. Extremely heavy, not very accurate, as easy to use as getting though tangled barbwire. However it was about the first to come on the market and has never been refined.
As you can tell. I have a very low opinion of it. Most owners of it never take it with them..
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Lol. It is pretty accurate and built like a tank which is good, but all the rest is certainly true. It needs it's own bag and frankly it is not going very far away from the car.... Top and bottom shots are absolute hassle, but worst of all nobody just needs 360s as far as I can tell
 
LongLensPhotography said:
Lol. It is pretty accurate and built like a tank which is good, but all the rest is certainly true. It needs it's own bag and frankly it is not going very far away from the car.... Top and bottom shots are absolute hassle, but worst of all nobody just needs 360s as far as I can tell
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For 30x180 vr pans there are much simpler 360x180 brackets as used for Google shots and the like, based on lens rings, introduced by NodalNinja

I have the R20 ultimate that fits directly to my modified Samyang 7.5 mm fisheye which can be used on any of my Fuji cameras but lives dedicate on my XE2
the whole set up is tiny and lightweight,

NN. make a lens foot ring adapter which replaces the bayonet mount on the lens Ans also a replacement smaller lens hood. This lets you take a full 30x1800 pano in. 4 Shot. Plus a handheld nadir to patch out the tripod.

If you use PTGui to stitch, it will make every thing becomes easy . They have just introduced a new patching tool which lets you also fill a Nadia using Photoshop ai tool, or their own supplied patch tool.
360x180 pans are very much a minority interest, and web sites have to include software to properly display them as VR images. But is excellent for high end real estate work
With walkthrough display.
 
Terrywoodenpic said:
For 30x180 vr pans there are much simpler 360x180 brackets as used for Google shots and the like, based on lens rings, introduced by NodalNinja

I have the R20 ultimate that fits directly to my modified Samyang 7.5 mm fisheye which can be used on any of my Fuji cameras but lives dedicate on my XE2
the whole set up is tiny and lightweight,

NN. make a lens foot ring adapter which replaces the bayonet mount on the lens Ans also a replacement smaller lens hood. This lets you take a full 30x1800 pano in. 4 Shot. Plus a handheld nadir to patch out the tripod.

If you use PTGui to stitch, it will make every thing becomes easy . They have just introduced a new patching tool which lets you also fill a Nadia using Photoshop ai tool, or their own supplied patch tool.
360x180 pans are very much a minority interest, and web sites have to include software to properly display them as VR images. But is excellent for high end real estate work
With walkthrough display.
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1. Such a wide fisheye will lose a lot of resolution. You can partly compensate with 60mp sensor but really not what I would do. Something like 20mm will take many more shots but details will be on the next level

2. You can be careless with plain sky and simple grass but this is not the case at all in real estate. Fancy ceiling and mosaic floor. You can't be taking chances with that

3. Ptgui is expensive and completely unnecessary. Hugin is where it is really at
Post is really not a problem if setup was correct
 
As you become more experienced, you find more and more situations where would can take even multi row pan entirely hand held and avoid parallax.
But this is rarely the case for those new to pans as stitching errors and failed pans blight many of their attempts.
Unless I am going out to take pans I will not even take a bracket with me. But they are good to keep in the car just in case.
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1. Such a wide fisheye will lose a lot of resolution. You can partly compensate with 60mp sensor but really not what I would do. Something like 20mm will take many more shots but details will be on the next level

2. You can be careless with plain sky and simple grass but this is not the case at all in real estate. Fancy ceiling and mosaic floor. You can't be taking chances with that

3. Ptgui is expensive and completely unnecessary. Hugin is where it is really at
Post is really not a problem if setup was correct
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Even on my Fuji XE2 the raw file size from the Samyang fish eye is far larger than necessary and needs to be down sized for a usable 36x180 VR web display
It produces a sharp and detailed image.

I use The much less expensive PTAssembler for single row and multi row pans hugin works but is far more of a hassel and less convenient when needing stitching adjustments and patching.
However nothing at all matches the versatility and speed of use of PTGui the difference is night and day. However it is aimed a professionals who can cover it's cost, in time savings and quality of output, within a few shoots. The pro 13 version In the UK it is now about £360.00 Including vat. An upgrade to it is about £180 which is all more costly than most amateurs could justify.
If you have a trial version you will have a copyright stamp all over the output. If you were to ask a friend a to output the worked up files on their paid for version it is a winner. And as far as I know not illegal. However you can not share the program on your computer.
As a 90 year old retired photographer I can no longer justify using it.
If I was still a working photographer I would no hesitate to have the latest pro version.
A vat registered photographer can of course recover the vat

The non pro version is not worth the money as it is totally defunctioned..
 
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