Comments on: Wrong-headed: this is the NOT a panoramic head for 360 photos!!!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 03:33:13 +0000

It is definitely a gimbal head but it does not mean it won’t work for taking pictures for a spherical panorama. You may only need to add a longer clamp plate. The original clamp plate centre seems to be sitting exactly above a point of rotation. It is hard to see on your picture but if you look at this one https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71pvyIriDZL._SL1500_.jpg you will see it is centered.

So with a longer clamp plate and using a lock on a gimbal vertical axis it should not be that hard to set it to your lens nodal point.

By: Mic Ty

Mic Ty — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:20:54 +0000

In reply to Sebástian Rodríguez.

Thanks Sebastian. Actually, even with cylindrical 360 panormas, you will get stitching errors. It is simply not a 360 panohead. And it’s not just the Amazon label. There are ‘experts’ who are recommending this type of head for 360 photos, and that’s wrong advice unfortunately.
best regards,
mic

By: Sebástian Rodríguez

Sebástian Rodríguez — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 03:56:09 +0000

The main problem is that people do not inform themselves, do not read, do not look for all the information they need before investing their money.
Clearly the publication of amazon and the advise that was given was that it could be used for 360 SPHERICAL panoramas … very different to only CYLINDRICAL panoramas !!
and that is in fact a lie.
The people, all the people who publish and comment, should also read carefuly before giving their opinion. (that includes me, hahaha)

By: luis cacabacz

luis cacabacz — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:11:46 +0000

I think that the main issue here is the definition / description of a 360 panorama.
Of course you can make a pano with a Gimbal, just that it will be cylindrical not spherical. So the video from Neweer might not have lied (I haven’t seen it so I cant say).