Your hanging string technique helped me make a collection of 300+ pictures around 15 countries even when there was no possibility of using a tripod, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT! :D Thank you!
Am embarking on pano journey because I was asked to do a 20 foot x 8 foot mural (actually two of them). It will take several rows of 25 images. No questions yet. About to purchase one of the Ninja Nodals - prob. the one that can hold a 200mm lens. Anyway - just wanted to thank you for a clear series of videos about this. Dave
Brilliant stuff Florian, thanks! In fact the whole pano series is superb, and as I've said before, they're about the only UA-cam tutorials on anything computer-related that haven't made me yawn instantly :-D Though IMHO, after investing in a Nodal Ninja 3 and properly calibrating it, I have to say that the small extra time spent shooting from a tripod is way more than worth it. Panos stitch together very quickly in PTGui with 'very good' results first time every time, and no stitching errors :-) Usually max control point error is under 3, even with interiors. I'm using a Sigma 8mm. The other problem I find with the plumb-bob is you need a wind-free day!
I've just purchased a pano head and am about to embark on, what is for me, the uncharted waters of 360 degree panoramas. So, I really appreciate the time and effort you've taken in producing these tutorials! However, could you please clarify something for me? I can understand the need to make sure the camera is not in auto white balance or auto ISO. I can also understand the need to have the camera in manual aperture and manual exposure. However, I don't understand the need for manual focus
Duncan, you need a well calibrated panoramic tripod head for that, then any lens (as always) will do (see part 8 of this series). Your options for virtual tours are endless, KRPano, Pano2VR, FPP, etc. are commonly used software for that.
You could have just googled this, but here's the gist: Full frame usually refers to a 35mm-format sized sensor (36mm x 24mm), whereas a "crop sensor" is a crop from that, i.e. a smaller "excerpt" from that size (e.g. 24mm x 16mm in case of a "1.5 crop" and so on).
thanks for that! So the NN R1 or R10 are only for fisheye? and better for them? and NN3 is OK for canon 7 or would NN4 be better? thx again, nice videos and work.
Great tutorial, what video camera did you use, its very sharp! Most likely you shot yourself, because it was st on auto focus, you are not in focus when its close up, the background is.
Thanks for the great video. I have a question I hope you can answer. I just bought a Pan Head and "L" bracket for my Canon Rebel T3I. I have the arca fitting with a center marking on the pan head. The center of the "L" bracket on the camera is not marked either horizontal or vertical and has a slot for mounting on each side. When mounting it in landscape mode I have no trouble determining the center point because of a mark on the camera over the mounting hole, but when trying to mount it in the Portrait position I don't know how to determine the proper point to put it over the pivot point. Is it critical that it be directly over the pivot point as in landscape mode and if so can you describe a way to determine the point to be centered in the arca fitting on the head it? Thanks
It depends. If you just want to stick to this one lens, then a NN R1 or R10 would be delicious, but the NN3 will be much more flexible. No need to go for the larger rotators, unless you want to hook up much larger (-- longer focal length) lenses. So I usually recommand the NN3 Starter package, which has all you need to hit the ground running. That said, I haven't tested any other products, so take it all with a grain of salt.
Possible, sure, but not recommended, since with the 14mm you'll need to take way more than a dozen photos to cover everything. That, in turn, means you'll get a pile of overlapping image areas which all can cause problems (contain stitching errors...)
I'm going to get the NN R1. Last question... it will fit with the peleng 8mm fisheye lens, right? I ask only because the NN site says it's "A single row pano head designed for use with circular and full frame fisheye lenses such as the Sigma 8mm or Nikon 10.5mm lens along with many other popular fisheye lenses". So just wanted to make sure since only those two leses are mentioned. (I'm sure it's fine but would like to be 100% before buying, and NN doesn't answer). THX!
Hi, thanks for the tut. I have a longer lens that has a fisheye attached, with a crop camera. Is the point to rotate about is still at the front of the lens?
Great tutorials Florian!!! Would the same ideas translate if you were shooting a 360 inside a car? Would you still use a fish eye on a full frame for a car interior? Or would things change since things are closer in the foreground.
Don't quite understand your question. Just point the camera up or down . . . In any case, with that lens at 10mm you can get a good capture by taking a around the horizon (camera in portrait orientation of course!) plus one up and one down (with an offset shot optional to remove the tripod).
It's a fisheye, what do you want? But when you are doing panos, it doesn't really matter what projection your original lens uses, since everything is remapped anyway...
Hello Florian: I want to congratulate you for your excellent work, I am new in this exiting activity, I am starting to create 360 image for my publishing activities, Can you recommend me the best Stiching SW and touring?I am not well trained in SW
Hello there elfloz! First of all thank´s a lot for your tutorial! I have a question: I just have a 10mm lens. Can i take 4 shot´s like you did with your 8mm lens? Or should i take one more picture? Thank´s a lot.
Hi Xavier, I wouldn't try shooting panos with a phone, not if you want to expect any kind of decent quality out of it. A decent virtual tour software would be PanoTour Pro.
Thank you for this series. Must I shoot in portrait rather than landscape for this to work correctly and would that be the reason I can't introduce the sky and the ground into my panoramas during stitching?
The reason for shooting in portrait is that it's generally easier to take more shots along the horizon line if that means you capture more of the zenith and nadir area, as compared to shooting multiple rows. And if you have a wide enough fisheye lens, you can even get away with a single row.
Im using a Nikon D40x (1,5 Crop factor). I cant decide between the Peleng 8mm and the Samyang 8mm. I know the differences... but I just cant make a decision. What do you recommend?
Hello Florian .. i have shot most of my 360 degree panoramas with "philopod pitch variation technique" and the results are amazing and stitching by ptgui perfect but i have never tried shooting the same with the combination of full frame Nikon D3X camera combined with a Tokina 10-17mm (hood shaved) and Manfrotto 303 SPH tripod head .. so while shooting 4 shots in and around with the above combination .. do we still have to vary the pitch slightly up and slight down in all the 4 shots as in the case of "philopod pitch variation technique" ...?
No, when using tripods you don't vary the pitch, typically. This is specific to shooting handheld, where you don't have a tripod/panohead obscuring the nadir area...
I have a canon 7d, and going to get the Pelang 8mm, what pano head rotator do you recommend? I've heard of Nodal ninja but not sure what model will be best with the 7d. Thanks!
C est géniale comme technique, mais pourquoi ne pas appliquer aussi la meme technique des 6 photos ( les 4 plus celle du dessus et du dessous ) au plein format avec un fisheyes ? qui peu le plus peu le moins .
@allan100002 You can use any lens, it's just a question of how many images you will need to capture in the end. With the Sigma (non-fisheye) at 8mm you still need much more than 6 images, more like 15 or so. So yes, you really should get an 8mm fisheye if you want 4-6 images max.
Hi mate, it really depends and what works best for you. You can see from my tutorial series which software I prefer to use for stitching. As for tour building, I like to use KRPano, but Pano2VR is also a very good option.
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Very nice guide. But the first thing I remove is the camera strap before I shoot panoramas;)
Hi, I visited your web site, is owesome!!, I am from Ecuador, I have downloaded many apps for 360 pictures but no one is good for me, take 360 pictures so is never complete... I would like to know if I buy an fisheye lens for an iphone, can I make the spherical picture that you take? or similar?, and what software could you recomend me to make the Virtual Tour?. thank you.
It's actually quite simple. At 8mm F/8-11 you have a gigantic depth of field. Check DOFMaster. For my camera / lens combo at F/8, it suggests to focus at 0.5m, then I get everything in focus from 18cm to infinity... Thus, no need to autofocus. Plus it'll make stitching easier and you don't risk your autofocus accidentally messing up a shot. And last: the Peleng is a manual focus only lens anyway ;-)
Hi mate, not sure what's going on. Did you mess around in the Exposure / HDR tab? And you are sure the images look fine after exporting them from LightRoom and before importing them into PTGui?
Hi, I have one problem, I edit all photos in Lightroom and than stick it in PTGui but what I don't want is that PTGui make sun grey, like I use recovery function in Lightroom. Is there any function that I must turn off? Thanks a lot!
Strange, normally the folks are very responsive. Yes, it will definitely work. Just make sure you get the appropriate lens adaptor ring (!), they make them for a whole range of lenses and I'm quite sure there is one for the Peleng as well. Otherwise you can also opt for the much more expensive Sigma 8mm lens (but which also gives you somewhat better optical quality), for which there is definitely an appropriate lens ring. Good luck!
So, since I didn't see you focus the camera each time, am I to assume everything was the same distance from you for each shot you took. I'm definitely confused and I cannot really see why it wouldn't be better to use autofocusing.
Hi, I was trying the angle shoot so I can shoot floor ground but since its a fisheye lens I can see my tripod and my feet in the shoot. Would I need to photoshop it out? I was thinking of an idea of preventing from showing the tripod and my feet but couldn't come up with an idea.
i use PTGui to merge over 200 photos(200mm) shooted on the top of mountain to show the whole city. the num of pixels of an edge even reach the limit of PTGui, which is 65530.
Hi FLorian! thank u, it was really useful. I have one question about the stuff: I have a tripod and a DSLR Nikon D3100. I am looking for a budget solution for both panoramic head and fisheye lens. The Ninja3 is very expensive, is there a cheaper one that u could recommend? Due to costs, I was thinking about getting a panorama ball head instead of a panoramic head. What do u think about it? And my last question: Is it possible to use a Fisheye adapter(like Opteka) insted of the real one? or which budget one should I buy? I have seen a lot of them in forums and blogs and I am now really confused. I would realy appreciate your help, greetings from Colombia :)
@@FlorianKnorn hehe ok , so i have a question , i do have a 18-135 mm zoom lens with my canon eos 80d , and i want to shoot hdri , with simple tripod , i dont have pano head right now , so how many shots i have to take , i put my iso to 100 , shutter to 60 and aperture to 11 , is it ok , i am trying and watching many tuts. But everyone teaches with the 8mm bcz of the professional uses and less images to shoot , so can you help me thanks, and more thing its a cropped sensor
Tokina @ 10mm gets an 180 angle, but in order to have a good stitch, i have some areas covering others.The problem i had today, is basicaly, that Tokina has extreme distortion, and had problems stitching the pics.
hi Florian i am enjoying watching all your tutorial, i learned alot of technique based on what i saw in your video, thank you very much and God bless you, may i request a simple and basic tutorial on "How to publish/embed Ptgui/Krpano in the web" currently i am using a Wordpress, again thank!
+ali98ics That is in order to be done with 4 images total (so to properly include zenith and nadir already in the "horizontal" images). When you shoot with a tripod, you don't want to do this since this would only be introducing unnecessary disturbances in the pano head setup, and it is assumed that if you are using a tripod, you may as well take a couple of extra pictures anyway. Pitch variation is all about speed, not necessarily accuracy (since it's shot handheld...).
Hi, what you are referring to "Object movies" or "Object VR". This requires no stitching, and PTGui cannot help you with this type of photography. It all just boils down to displaying a number of still images in a suitable way. See for instance ggnome.com/object2vr
Daniel Morales it depends, of course :-) oftentimes I am too lazy for the much more complex and cumbersome process with HDR. My middle way has lately been to bracket, but process and tonemap the brackets right inside Lightroom and then just stitch LDR frames.
I used to process the HDR in Photomatix at the beginning but it does not give me the look I want. I'm going to give LightRoom a chance to do it. Thanks for your answer Florian.
Hi Flo, I was wondering if the Sanyang 8mm 3.5 is a full frame or not, some say it is when taking off the lens hood. If I use D850 + Sanyang 8mm 3.5, I would take 4 images?
Thanks! I just ordered a circular fisheye and can’t wait to try it...using such a lens, is any advantage in taking 5 frames around instead of 4, for better resolution or sticking? You said the first method is more about speed than accuracy, so I guess you’d use it more often with moving subjects in the frame, and use the tripod if more time is available? thanks again - nice website too.
Well, you won't increase the output resolution in terms of pixel count, but you will get better per-pixel resolution (because you will need to use less of the outer parts of the lens and more of the sharper centre....)
Hellow Florian, Kindly can you guide me about Panohead. I have a vangaurd alyra pro tripod with ball mount head, it is not sufficient for panoramic suiting. Can you tell me which kind of panohead are you using for this youtube tutorial video? Please send me details specification and model name of the panohead which you used in this video.
I don't have any hands-on experience with most of the great pano heads out there, only with the Nodal Ninja gear --- which I can whole-heartedly recommend. That's also part of why they gave me a promo-code for their shop that you can use ;-) As mentioned in the video, it's the Nodal Ninja 3 (Mk II) head I'm using here.
Florian Knorn I want to buy NN3 MKII Starter Package (F3500), is it useful for panorama photography as a pano head? please provide me said promo-code for it in my mail id- mm.rsgis@gmail.com
Depending on your camera size and lens you want to use, yes it can be useful. If you want to attach “large” stuff (like a 1D with a 70-200/2.8) you might want to go for the one of the larger Nodal Ninjas. Just have a look around on their website, it’s got plenty of information on it. As shown at the beginning of the video, promocode is simply “FLORIAN” on checkout, thanks!
You do not appear to be manually focusing between shots. You appear to be using auto focus unless you just manually focused once and left it at that. If you manually focused on the building in front of you, let's say, that shot would definitely be in focus, but if you turned and the objects in front of you were nearer or farther from the camera, the first focus setting would then give you photos that would definitely be out of focus.
I find it very hard to shoot panoramas using this technique. I use a Nikon D5000 DX and a Samyang 8 mm fisheye. Only 1 out of 5 panoramas, ends up with a good result. But I guess it's all about practice. Thanks for your video :)
@JorgeTobiUchiha Any camera will do, even any lens, but preferably a fisheye lens, since that means you have to take less images. Tripod: As I said in the video, it is not a must.
@trakkino Then the free-hand technique is not really for you. In that case, you really should get yourself a panoramic tripod head (suitable for multi-row shooting) and shoot multiple rows...
Thank you so much for your brilliant and simple to use solutions!
Your hanging string technique helped me make a collection of 300+ pictures around 15 countries even when there was no possibility of using a tripod, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT! :D Thank you!
Awesome! But it's not "my" technique, I just explained it in a video ;-) It comes form here: wiki.panotools.org/Philopod_pitch_variation
Am embarking on pano journey because I was asked to do a 20 foot x 8 foot mural (actually two of them). It will take several rows of 25 images. No questions yet. About to purchase one of the Ninja Nodals - prob. the one that can hold a 200mm lens. Anyway - just wanted to thank you for a clear series of videos about this. Dave
Brilliant stuff Florian, thanks! In fact the whole pano series is superb, and as I've said before, they're about the only UA-cam tutorials on anything computer-related that haven't made me yawn instantly :-D
Though IMHO, after investing in a Nodal Ninja 3 and properly calibrating it, I have to say that the small extra time spent shooting from a tripod is way more than worth it. Panos stitch together very quickly in PTGui with 'very good' results first time every time, and no stitching errors :-) Usually max control point error is under 3, even with interiors. I'm using a Sigma 8mm. The other problem I find with the plumb-bob is you need a wind-free day!
I've just purchased a pano head and am about to embark on, what is for me, the uncharted waters of 360 degree panoramas. So, I really appreciate the time and effort you've taken in producing these tutorials! However, could you please clarify something for me?
I can understand the need to make sure the camera is not in auto white balance or auto ISO. I can also understand the need to have the camera in manual aperture and manual exposure. However, I don't understand the need for manual focus
i still have a lot to learn on panoramas with fisheye.I will study your tutorial a lil bit, and i will find out what i have to do.
Duncan, you need a well calibrated panoramic tripod head for that, then any lens (as always) will do (see part 8 of this series). Your options for virtual tours are endless, KRPano, Pano2VR, FPP, etc. are commonly used software for that.
You could have just googled this, but here's the gist: Full frame usually refers to a 35mm-format sized sensor (36mm x 24mm), whereas a "crop sensor" is a crop from that, i.e. a smaller "excerpt" from that size (e.g. 24mm x 16mm in case of a "1.5 crop" and so on).
Florian thank you for sharing your time and experience. Very kind.
Muchas gracias por tus vídeos, thanks greetings from La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
thanks for that! So the NN R1 or R10 are only for fisheye? and better for them? and NN3 is OK for canon 7 or would NN4 be better? thx again, nice videos and work.
Great tutorial, what video camera did you use, its very sharp! Most likely you shot yourself, because it was st on auto focus, you are not in focus when its close up, the background is.
Thanks for the great video. I have a question I hope you can answer.
I just bought a Pan Head and "L" bracket for my Canon Rebel T3I. I have
the arca fitting with a center marking on the pan head. The center of
the "L" bracket on the camera is not marked either horizontal or
vertical and has a slot for mounting on each side. When mounting it in
landscape mode I have no trouble determining the center point because of
a mark
on the camera over the mounting hole, but when trying to mount it in
the Portrait position I don't know how to determine the proper point to
put it over the pivot point. Is it critical that it be directly over the
pivot point as in landscape mode and if so can you describe a way to
determine the point to be centered in the arca fitting on the head it?
Thanks
It depends. If you just want to stick to this one lens, then a NN R1 or R10 would be delicious, but the NN3 will be much more flexible. No need to go for the larger rotators, unless you want to hook up much larger (-- longer focal length) lenses. So I usually recommand the NN3 Starter package, which has all you need to hit the ground running. That said, I haven't tested any other products, so take it all with a grain of salt.
Possible, sure, but not recommended, since with the 14mm you'll need to take way more than a dozen photos to cover everything. That, in turn, means you'll get a pile of overlapping image areas which all can cause problems (contain stitching errors...)
Thank you Florian, great instruction video, very clear and exactly what I'm after.
I'm going to get the NN R1. Last question... it will fit with the peleng 8mm fisheye lens, right? I ask only because the NN site says it's "A single row pano head designed for use with circular and full frame fisheye lenses such as the Sigma 8mm or Nikon 10.5mm lens along with many other popular fisheye lenses". So just wanted to make sure since only those two leses are mentioned. (I'm sure it's fine but would like to be 100% before buying, and NN doesn't answer). THX!
Hi, thanks for the tut. I have a longer lens that has a fisheye attached, with a crop camera. Is the point to rotate about is still at the front of the lens?
Great tutorials Florian!!! Would the same ideas translate if you were shooting a 360 inside a car? Would you still use a fish eye on a full frame for a car interior? Or would things change since things are closer in the foreground.
Don't quite understand your question. Just point the camera up or down . . . In any case, with that lens at 10mm you can get a good capture by taking a around the horizon (camera in portrait orientation of course!) plus one up and one down (with an offset shot optional to remove the tripod).
It's a fisheye, what do you want? But when you are doing panos, it doesn't really matter what projection your original lens uses, since everything is remapped anyway...
Hello Florian:
I want to congratulate you for your excellent work,
I am new in this exiting activity, I am starting to create 360 image for my publishing activities, Can you recommend me the best Stiching SW and touring?I am not well trained in SW
Hello there elfloz! First of all thank´s a lot for your tutorial!
I have a question: I just have a 10mm lens. Can i take 4 shot´s like you did with your 8mm lens? Or should i take one more picture?
Thank´s a lot.
with what software you can stich these photos together????
If a don´t have a right camera , can I still do the pictures
Hi Xavier, I wouldn't try shooting panos with a phone, not if you want to expect any kind of decent quality out of it. A decent virtual tour software would be PanoTour Pro.
Thank you for this series. Must I shoot in portrait rather than landscape for this to work correctly and would that be the reason I can't introduce the sky and the ground into my panoramas during stitching?
The reason for shooting in portrait is that it's generally easier to take more shots along the horizon line if that means you capture more of the zenith and nadir area, as compared to shooting multiple rows. And if you have a wide enough fisheye lens, you can even get away with a single row.
+Florian Knorn Thank you
Im using a Nikon D40x (1,5 Crop factor). I cant decide between the Peleng 8mm and the Samyang 8mm. I know the differences... but I just cant make a decision.
What do you recommend?
Hello Florian .. i have shot most of my 360 degree panoramas with "philopod pitch variation technique" and the results are amazing and stitching by ptgui perfect but i have never tried shooting the same with the combination of full frame Nikon D3X camera combined with a Tokina 10-17mm (hood shaved) and Manfrotto 303 SPH tripod head .. so while shooting 4 shots in and around with the above combination .. do we still have to vary the pitch slightly up and slight down in all the 4 shots as in the case of "philopod pitch variation technique" ...?
No, when using tripods you don't vary the pitch, typically. This is specific to shooting handheld, where you don't have a tripod/panohead obscuring the nadir area...
Florian Knorn appreciate it so much ... thnks a ton ...
I have a canon 7d, and going to get the Pelang 8mm, what pano head rotator do you recommend? I've heard of Nodal ninja but not sure what model will be best with the 7d. Thanks!
Hi Florin, than you for this tutorial series!
C est géniale comme technique, mais pourquoi ne pas appliquer aussi la meme technique des 6 photos ( les 4 plus celle du dessus et du dessous ) au plein format avec un fisheyes ? qui peu le plus peu le moins .
@allan100002 You can use any lens, it's just a question of how many images you will need to capture in the end. With the Sigma (non-fisheye) at 8mm you still need much more than 6 images, more like 15 or so.
So yes, you really should get an 8mm fisheye if you want 4-6 images max.
hi florian is it possible using the philopod technique using only a UWA lens such as samyang 14mm and not a fisheye lens?
Very useful and easy to understand. Thanks for your tutorial.
Is it possible to do this without a fisheye lens? Just take a lot more photos I suppose.
sorry, what camera would be right for this kind of photography?, a particular model or type of lens?, and tripod? I hope you answer me, thanks
Extremely well done tutorial!
Hi mate, it really depends and what works best for you. You can see from my tutorial series which software I prefer to use for stitching. As for tour building, I like to use KRPano, but Pano2VR is also a very good option.
Very nice guide. But the first thing I remove is the camera strap before I shoot panoramas;)
Hi, I visited your web site, is owesome!!, I am from Ecuador, I have downloaded many apps for 360 pictures but no one is good for me, take 360 pictures so is never complete... I would like to know if I buy an fisheye lens for an iphone, can I make the spherical picture that you take? or similar?, and what software could you recomend me to make the Virtual Tour?. thank you.
It's actually quite simple. At 8mm F/8-11 you have a gigantic depth of field. Check DOFMaster. For my camera / lens combo at F/8, it suggests to focus at 0.5m, then I get everything in focus from 18cm to infinity... Thus, no need to autofocus. Plus it'll make stitching easier and you don't risk your autofocus accidentally messing up a shot. And last: the Peleng is a manual focus only lens anyway ;-)
Hi mate, not sure what's going on. Did you mess around in the Exposure / HDR tab? And you are sure the images look fine after exporting them from LightRoom and before importing them into PTGui?
I got Tokina 10-17 Fisheye, shooting with a D7000.Usually i get 1 frame per 75degrees, but how i am gonna cover the sky and the ground?
Hi, I have one problem, I edit all photos in Lightroom and than stick it in PTGui but what I don't want is that PTGui make sun grey, like I use recovery function in Lightroom. Is there any function that I must turn off?
Thanks a lot!
Strange, normally the folks are very responsive. Yes, it will definitely work. Just make sure you get the appropriate lens adaptor ring (!), they make them for a whole range of lenses and I'm quite sure there is one for the Peleng as well. Otherwise you can also opt for the much more expensive Sigma 8mm lens (but which also gives you somewhat better optical quality), for which there is definitely an appropriate lens ring. Good luck!
Watch how light on the video in the left corner turn off and on when you make pictures 3 and 4.
So, since I didn't see you focus the camera each time, am I to assume everything was the same distance from you for each shot you took.
I'm definitely confused and I cannot really see why it wouldn't be better to use autofocusing.
Hello Florian. I just wanted to tank you for your discount code, just used to order a R10 head. Regards from Romania, Alin.
well done.. really good work.
Cheers
Hi, I was trying the angle shoot so I can shoot floor ground but since its a fisheye lens I can see my tripod and my feet in the shoot. Would I need to photoshop it out? I was thinking of an idea of preventing from showing the tripod and my feet but couldn't come up with an idea.
Not sure. Have a look at the 6th video in this series to determine the correct alignment.
really excellent and creative video.
Hey, is that Maynooth priest college? Looks familiar. Thanks for the video btw!
i use PTGui to merge over 200 photos(200mm) shooted on the top of mountain to show the whole city. the num of pixels of an edge even reach the limit of PTGui, which is 65530.
Hi Florian, If I'm using a 5DII, which panoramic head do you recommend getting?
How many pics do I need to take with my canon 5D + 17-40mm to get a 360 pano?
Great you sharing this - many things to learn for sure ... ;)
Hi FLorian! thank u, it was really useful. I have one question about the stuff: I have a tripod and a DSLR Nikon D3100. I am looking for a budget solution for both panoramic head and fisheye lens. The Ninja3 is very expensive, is there a cheaper one that u could recommend? Due to costs, I was thinking about getting a panorama ball head instead of a panoramic head. What do u think about it? And my last question: Is it possible to use a Fisheye adapter(like Opteka) insted of the real one? or which budget one should I buy? I have seen a lot of them in forums and blogs and I am now really confused. I would realy appreciate your help, greetings from Colombia :)
thanks for the great tutorials, i am using Nikon D800 Camera, what lens do you recommend for 360 virtual tour?
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, these videos are really useful! ^.^
didnt you do exposure bracketing??? must reply if u use this channel thanks!
I clearly did not ;-) when you are explaining things for the first time it helps not to over-complicate.
@@FlorianKnorn hehe ok , so i have a question , i do have a 18-135 mm zoom lens with my canon eos 80d , and i want to shoot hdri , with simple tripod , i dont have pano head right now , so how many shots i have to take , i put my iso to 100 , shutter to 60 and aperture to 11 , is it ok , i am trying and watching many tuts. But everyone teaches with the 8mm bcz of the professional uses and less images to shoot , so can you help me thanks, and more thing its a cropped sensor
Must reply 🙏
@@FlorianKnorn can i get a reply sir
Hi Florian, thanks for video. Which aperture ( f value) did you have? thanks
Probably f/8 or so :)
Tokina @ 10mm gets an 180 angle, but in order to have a good stitch, i have some areas covering others.The problem i had today, is basicaly, that Tokina has extreme distortion, and had problems stitching the pics.
How to create a 360*180 panorama with standard 18-55 mm kit lens ?
do we need to set non-parallax for 2. Technique?
hi Mr. Florain, thanks for your videos
can i know how i collect the photos to be in one file? by software or by website?
thanks
is this only possible with a fisheye lens?
i like this video.. thank you for sharing... it helps a lot.. God bless you more...
hi Florian
i am enjoying watching all your tutorial, i learned alot of technique based on what i saw in your video, thank you very much and God bless you, may i request a simple and basic tutorial on "How to publish/embed Ptgui/Krpano in the web" currently i am using a Wordpress, again thank!
Thank you for great tutorial, my question why did you move camera up and down with full frame camera is that makes difference If I am using tripod?
+ali98ics That is in order to be done with 4 images total (so to properly include zenith and nadir already in the "horizontal" images). When you shoot with a tripod, you don't want to do this since this would only be introducing unnecessary disturbances in the pano head setup, and it is assumed that if you are using a tripod, you may as well take a couple of extra pictures anyway. Pitch variation is all about speed, not necessarily accuracy (since it's shot handheld...).
How can a panorama be made of a wide circling perimeter around a building, looking inward?
Hi, what you are referring to "Object movies" or "Object VR". This requires no stitching, and PTGui cannot help you with this type of photography. It all just boils down to displaying a number of still images in a suitable way. See for instance ggnome.com/object2vr
Yes, the R1 and R10 are for fisheye use only, but they are really good at it :-) Trust me, the NN3 will be enough!
Cool technic. How do you deal with the light when shooting indoors? Do you bracket for HDR?
Daniel Morales it depends, of course :-) oftentimes I am too lazy for the much more complex and cumbersome process with HDR. My middle way has lately been to bracket, but process and tonemap the brackets right inside Lightroom and then just stitch LDR frames.
I used to process the HDR in Photomatix at the beginning but it does not give me the look I want. I'm going to give LightRoom a chance to do it. Thanks for your answer Florian.
2:23 as he take the 3rd and 4th picture, the yellow light behind him blinks at the same time. XD
So crazy when things work out like that!
hello, what camera you use to record this video when it did the auto focus.
I shot the whole video with two Canon HV20.
I would go for the Peleng, as you'll only need 4 per pano, and not 6 to 8 as with the Samyang...
Hi Flo, I was wondering if the Sanyang 8mm 3.5 is a full frame or not, some say it is when taking off the lens hood. If I use D850 + Sanyang 8mm 3.5, I would take 4 images?
Pixinity that’s exactly right - make sure you get the version where you can remove the lens hood, then you can get by with 4 images :-)
I like it a lot so i am tring to make some of my own, the question is how can I het my pano's great on the internet?
greatings from The Netherlands :)
I'd start with something like 360cities.net.
You're welcome :-) You really need the biggest Nodal Ninja for that lens...
Thanks! I just ordered a circular fisheye and can’t wait to try it...using such a lens, is any advantage in taking 5 frames around instead of 4, for better resolution or sticking?
You said the first method is more about speed than accuracy, so I guess you’d use it more often with moving subjects in the frame, and use the tripod if more time is available? thanks again - nice website too.
Well, you won't increase the output resolution in terms of pixel count, but you will get better per-pixel resolution (because you will need to use less of the outer parts of the lens and more of the sharper centre....)
Thanks!
Hellow Florian,
Kindly can you guide me about Panohead. I have a vangaurd alyra pro tripod with ball mount head, it is not sufficient for panoramic suiting.
Can you tell me which kind of panohead are you using for this youtube tutorial video?
Please send me details specification and model name of the panohead which you used in this video.
I don't have any hands-on experience with most of the great pano heads out there, only with the Nodal Ninja gear --- which I can whole-heartedly recommend. That's also part of why they gave me a promo-code for their shop that you can use ;-)
As mentioned in the video, it's the Nodal Ninja 3 (Mk II) head I'm using here.
Florian Knorn Thanks Florian
Florian Knorn I want to buy NN3 MKII Starter Package (F3500), is it useful for panorama photography as a pano head?
please provide me said promo-code for it in my mail id- mm.rsgis@gmail.com
Depending on your camera size and lens you want to use, yes it can be useful. If you want to attach “large” stuff (like a 1D with a 70-200/2.8) you might want to go for the one of the larger Nodal Ninjas. Just have a look around on their website, it’s got plenty of information on it.
As shown at the beginning of the video, promocode is simply “FLORIAN” on checkout, thanks!
thanks
and the lights bulb above the garden shuts in accordance to the camera clicks at 2:23 and 2:30 :D
You do not appear to be manually focusing between shots. You appear to be using auto focus unless you just manually focused once and left it at that. If you manually focused on the building in front of you, let's say, that shot would definitely be in focus, but if you turned and the objects in front of you were nearer or farther from the camera, the first focus setting would then give you photos that would definitely be out of focus.
I find it very hard to shoot panoramas using this technique. I use a Nikon D5000 DX and a Samyang 8 mm fisheye. Only 1 out of 5 panoramas, ends up with a good result. But I guess it's all about practice. Thanks for your video :)
Exactly - it depends on many things. Practice, subject matter, and usually a varying dose of Photoshop to fix the most visible parallax problems.
very nice tutorial!
Maybe put a coin on the gravel, for align the rope w/ the weight ...
its possible with sigma 10-20?
If the lens is not too heavy, you can get away with a Nodal Ninja 3, otherwise a 5 or 4.
Doesn't matter, as long as it's a sturdy enough one ;-) This one is the 055XPROB I believe.
nikon l320 panorama assist tips plzz sir
if using normal lens (kit lens) and a normal tripod head, can i take panomrama with it?
See www.pano-guru.com/questions/which-lens-camera/
@JorgeTobiUchiha Any camera will do, even any lens, but preferably a fisheye lens, since that means you have to take less images. Tripod: As I said in the video, it is not a must.
@trakkino Then the free-hand technique is not really for you. In that case, you really should get yourself a panoramic tripod head (suitable for multi-row shooting) and shoot multiple rows...
Thanks for nice tutorial. Excellent :)
*Zenith.
will a sony 10-18mm lens work on shooting 360?
+Inquisitve m www.pano-guru.com/questions/which-lens-camera/ :-)
Florian Knorn thank you!
and how is it possible to make a 360x360° Panorama?
I Love this tutorial.
Great job!!!