FW: Motorized Pan Head

[Mike Sinclair <sinclair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you're into the do-it-yourself mode, you can buy a geared stepper motor
(360:1) from Herbach and Rademan (www.herbach.com) and one of their
adjustable controllers. Get  a universal camera clamp mount and clamp your
camera to the output shaft. I get beautiful pans - 720 x 5400 pixels, even
stereo with only one pan. You can also rig a tilting ((horizontal) axis
about the nodal point and make multiple pans to realize a complete spherical
coverage - more resolution than IPIX or the fisheye-based pans.

-Mike-

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tod Kuwahara [SMTP:tkuwahara@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 11, 1999 10:15 AM
> To:	'panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject:	Motorized Pan Head
> 
> Does anyone know where I can get a motorized pan head to shoot 360 deg.
> videos of home interiors.  Basically, I want to sit a digital camcorder on
> top of the motorized head, mounted on a tripod positioned in the center of
> a
> room.  I then want to start the pan head so that the camera rotates at a
> slow and steady rate until I stop it (beyond 360 deg).
> 
> I've decided to use video, rather than still a still camera for the
> capturing of the panoramic image.  However, I've found that the smoother
> that I pan the video camera, obviously, the better the results.
> 
> I know they make such a pan head, but haven't found the maker yet.  Thanks
> for any input.