Re: Tripod and head for panoramic photography

[Bill Glickman <bglick@xxxxxxxx>]

Here is a link to the Bogen Pan head...

http://www.manfrotto.com/products/index.html?doc_from=home

Bill  G



----- Original Message -----
From: "Chilli" <chilli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: Tripod and head for panoramic photography


> Hi Joe,
> Could you give me an idea of the model number for this head please.
> Thanks,
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Glickman <bglick@xxxxxxxx>
> To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, 10 June 2000 10:44
> Subject: Re: Tripod and head for panoramic photography
>
>
> Joe
>
> I have had excellent luck with the new Bogen Pan head.... very
sophisticated
> and much less $$ than the Kaidan head.  The only draw back, its a bit big
> and heavy, hard to backpack with... its on the Bogen web site.  Very
> precisioned.
>
> The only drawback I had with stitching was limitations of file sizes.  On
> Windows 98, their is some type of temp. file size limitation that the
> stitching programs use... once you pass this, the programs crash.  I kept
> hitting that ceiling.  David Rowe from Enroute imaging discovered this
> shortcoming.  I hear that Windows NT does not have the same problem
though?
> What I am really curious about is whether any of these limitations exist
on
> the Mac?
>
>        I was considering buying Apples Quick time VR stitched (not sure I
> got the name right)  Does anyone have experience with this product for
> stitching large files?  By large, I was stitching 8  200 MB files.
>
> Bill G
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe McCary" <mccary@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 5:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Tripod and head for panoramic photography
>
>
> > I have done lots of stitched panoramas.  I use the Kiadan Kiwi+ head.
it
> > works well but is expensive.  I also use their leveling head that makes
> > leveling the camera easy.  As for a tripod I use a Gitzo Carbon Fiber
> tripod
> > (also expensive).  You can find Kiadan at www.kiadan.com
> > Joe McCary
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Chilli <chilli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 6:42 AM
> > Subject: Tripod and head for panoramic photography
> >
> >
> > > be very interested to hear of anyone's thoughts and
> > > experiences with various tripods and heads.
> > >
> > > My camera is a Sony DSC F505 digital camera.
> >
> >
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