![]() When choosing or evaluating your camera gear, the most important thing to consider is whether or not you can do exposure bracketing at all, or if there is any limit to how many shots you can take in one bracket and how many EVs/stops are between them. Which particular one you get doesn’t really matter, as long as it is big enough and can hold the weight of your camera. The closer something is to the camera, the more apparent the parallax effect, which is why using a pano head is absolutely vital when shooting indoors, but may not be completely necessary for outdoor landscapes.Įither way I’d highly recommend one as it makes shooting the various angles very easy and repeatable. This effect is called parallax, and is what confuses stitching software. In the left image however, look at how different parts of the vase become visible behind the kudu sculpture as the camera rotates. Here’s a direct comparison between using a regular tripod (left), and using a tripod with a pano head attached (right):Īs you can see in the right image, everything stays perfectly still relative to each other. ![]() Without a pano head, the perspective shifts slightly between each shot, which makes it difficult for the stitching software to line everything up properly. ![]() Its purpose is to offset the point of rotation of your camera to be in line with the center (nodal point) of your lens. This article will attempt to explain all these aspects and what difference they make.įirst things first, you need a panoramic head.Ī pano head is a special (but affordable) piece of kit that replaces or attaches to the ball head on your tripod. While it’s true that you can create an HDRI with almost any camera, including the one in your phone, if you want to create HDRIs at an acceptable resolution with unlimited dynamic range, there are actually some very specific requirements that not all cameras meet, even really expensive ones.Īpart from the obvious requirements like being able to shoot in RAW with full manual control, there are some aspects of your camera gear that have significant influence over the types of HDRIs you can create, what resolution your HDRIs will be, how long they will take to shoot, or if you can even shoot them at all. Usually with any kind of art or industry when people ask what specific brand or model of tool you use, the answer is often “It doesn’t matter, use whatever you’re comfortable with”. Perhaps one of the most common questions I get asked is “What camera do you use?”.
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