How Do You Build A Panoramic Tripod Head?
There’s some amazing software out there for panoramic photography. Various software packages warp, stitch and blend sequences of photos so that they (ideally) look like one big, high-resolution, panoramic shot. However, getting these shots to turn out perfectly isn’t easy when handholding your camera or using a normal tripod, especially when some parts of the image are fairly close to the lens. Panoramic tripods can cost hundreds of dollars, but making your own isn’t that hard. Even better, it’s dirt cheap. • Find the rotation/pivot point by doing the test described in the External Link below. • Cut a piece of wood for the base. Use a piece of very flat, thick (5/8″ or so) oak plywood or a plank of hardwood. Make it about 5″ by 4″ (12 cm x 10 cm). • Cut the side. To make sure the camera has enough clearance when you swing it down, make the tripod a little over five inches tall. The width would be the same four inches as the base. • Line up the two four inch edges so that the side is si
