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By: Marc P.

Marc P. — Tue, 18 May 2010 06:40:54 +0000

Thanks for the guide, Greg. Does the distance objects need to be from the lens to avoid parallax depend on the lens? I’ve found myself getting parallax problems with things further than 20 feet out …though I haven’t been as careful about leveling as I should be.

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By: Mike Matenkosky

Mike Matenkosky — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:31:19 +0000

Great post Greg. I’ve only done a few panos with my 70-200 and they didn’t turn out so hot. I made a simple bubble level to attach to my hot shoe, but it doesn’t work when I go vertical.

Thanks again Greg.

By: Alpenglow Images

Alpenglow Images — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:08:02 +0000

Thanks for pointing out which lens to use, Dan! That’s a fantastic point, because I very rarely use my wide angle to shoot panos; I usually use my 24-105, or even my 300/4.

By: G Dan Mitchell

G Dan Mitchell — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:50:07 +0000

Nice summary of basic shooting for panos – and great to see you sharing the fact that you don’t always need the expensive specialty pano equipment.

I’ll second the motion about leveling the tripod – absolutely critical. I don’t use a leveling base, though I’ve been thinking about it, but I’m very careful swing the camera through the whole scene before shooting to check that things stay in line from frame to frame.

One question that often comes up is what lens to use. It seems obvious to those who do panos, but generally you will use normal to long lenses rather than wides, since the object is to get wide coverage by stitching together a bunch of non-wide images.

I have had excellent luck with Photoshops merge feature – frankly I don’t think it has ever failed me unless I was very careless with my shooting.

Thanks!

Dan

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:33:23 +0000

Good post and advice Greg. I love shooting panos. Another great piece of software for stitching panos is AutoStitch. It’s what I use. It’s a free program that does an amazing job. It’s only available to Windows users though. It can be found at http://www.autostitch.net