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It's too bad you feel that you're getting the help you requested and decided to delete your posts.
stormhalvorsen wrote:
I have come to believe that maybe I need a video tripod with a video head for my stitched panoramas. My regular tripod and pan & tilt head is giving me problems. I use very shallow DOF and the focus is lost along the way. A panoramic head wouldn't do either for the same reason: Too many jerky movements. And why the need of preset click stops when you can simply see through the lens and get a proper overlap between shots.
A panoramic head is not jerky and doesn't have click stops. The RRS product is incredibly smooth and easy to use. I use the same method that you mention, I look through the lens during my rotations to manage my overlap.
stormhalvorsen wrote:
So I'm looking at the Benro BV6 and H6 head kit and similar products. The under five kilos range but still sturdy. Double legs. No need to fasten or unfasten anything during a row of shots.
While the BV6 may work, it seems an incredibly large solution and it appears, once its legs are extended, to be rather thin and flimsy?
What pano setup requires anything to be fastened/unfastened?
stormhalvorsen wrote:
But how do I fasten a simple nodal rail to those video heads? They all use a different rail type quick release than all of the nodal rails I have seen, which are Arca. So I cannot fit the nodal rail straight into the tripod head like I can with my ball head and pan/tilt heads.
Any tripod is most likely going to have a 3/8-16 male threaded stud sticking out of it. The female thread you'll find in the bottom of cameras and adapter plates is 1/4-20. All you need is the pieces to make it so you can slide your camera fore and aft on the video tripod platform to locate the lens's no parallax point directly above the point about which you're pivoting the camera. With that video head, it will only work for panning and not tilting. So, you're stuck with single row stitches.
This would thread onto the stud and could be used to adjust camera positioning with this.
You would also need an Arca/RRS compatible adapter plate/L bracket for your camera.
stormhalvorsen wrote:
And the mounting screws on top of these video quick release plates are either for camcorders or dSLRs. They don't fit the bottom of the nodal rails I have seen, unless you fasten it with one single screw and no pins, which is no good either.
I hope the previous paragraph explained it clear enough. If not, I'll try a little more.
Right, the adapter plates are made with the 1/4-20 male stud that screws into the camera. The clamp that grips the adapter plate is made with a 3/8-16 female threaded hole to attach to tripods. It's simply a matter of using pieces like I described earlier to interface between the camera and tripod while getting the "slide" functionality that you need.
Lots of low cost, parts and pieces are available on Amazon. Do you have easy access to Amazon in Norway?
stormhalvorsen wrote:
It's such a simple little problem. I'm sure there are plenty of existing solutions but the various product web sites give very little information.
I agree. If you've never had to do it before it can get frustrating and confusing.
stormhalvorsen wrote:
Any suggestions?
Answer the questions the community poses regarding your problem and request. Redirect the conversation back to what you think is your problem. Don't be offended by what people type on the Internet. Many times it's very difficult to read what is written in the same manner that the author had meant. I would imagine even more gets lost in translation.
stormhalvorsen wrote:
Sorry, this thread has been a waste of time for everyone. I really asked about a simple matter of quick release plates but since nobody gets what I want to achieve it has been all about trying to educate me on how to do this and that the way they do it. It doesn't help me and is a waste of everyone's time.(but I applaud your confidence)! Probably my fault for explaining badly what I really wanted ro know. Thank you and bye!
It's not a waste of time at all. At some point a Google search return will link to this thread and it may help someone with a similar problem to yours.
You have wonderful images on your website. I hope you get your questions answered.
Best regards,
John
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