I don't think I would use a ball-head for serious panoramic stitching.
You not only have to level the tripod to head connection, which that
beautiful piece of hardware does for you, but then you have to level the
camera with the ball. I have a bubble level that fit in the flash shoe
to do that. All that work and equipment and the lens will still be
swiveling around a point some distance from its central axis and
mismatch between frames will result. One needs either one of the
commercial adapters or a home made one (both of which have been
discussed on the list) to move the rotation point under the lens.
The recently mentioned Bogen 3047 head has bubble levels built in to
level the camera platform. Combined with legs like the 3236, also with a
built-in bubble level (and lever leg length locks and infinitely
adjustable leg angle locks), one can get everything level without a
bunch of extra equipment, but a panorama adapter is still needed for
serious work. With a panorama adapter to do the swiveling up at the top
of the head, only initial leveling of the camera/adapter with the head
is necessary, the top of the tripod need not be level. A head like the
3047 with big levels for both axes is ideal. A flash shoe level should
work too, although with less accuracy.
Moose
W Shumaker wrote:
What I want is a way to level the tripod for panoramic stitching. So I
bought a bogen head leveler. There was a lot of excess metal, so you
can see I took the hack saw and drill press to it to remove as much
weight as possible. http://www.zuik.net/om/P2100396web.jpg
<http://www.zuik.net/om/P2100396web.jpg>It is still a bit heavy. Any
suggestions for ballhead leveling?
I guess the next topic should be quick release plates and systems...
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