On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 9:05:31 AM UTC, bugbear wrote: > > > (and a pano head that is far from perfect, but far better > than a normal 3 way head could be knocked up in a shed!) >
All that is required in this case is a simple plate or bar adapter to shift the camera back (or possibly forwards) to align the entrance pupil of the lens with the axis of rotation. That would virtually eliminate horizontal parallax. Any minor shift of the entrance pupil in the vertical direction can be can be compensated for by a small adjustment in the height of the centre column. Should cost next to nothing and take no more than an hour or two to make. My first panorama head was just such a design and consisted of a strip of wood to shift the camera back, and an L-bracket ( an old flash bracket) to hold the camera in portrait orientation, but the latter would not be needed for the painting panorama. The wooden bar fitted into the QR of the pan&tilt head of the cheap Velbon tripod. Panohead: http://www.johnhpanos.com/panhead.jpg First panorama shot with it 10 years ago: http://www.johnhpanos.com/spherical/zane5000/zane5000.html John -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hugin-ptx+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/8b64a946-6afe-430c-92b1-424f904d961f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.