Calibrating a Panoramic Head for Your Lens

By Dave Watts.

To eliminate the possibility of parallax errors (things not lining up properly) when stitching individual frames into panoramics, it is necessary to calibrate your panoramic head for the lenses and focal lengths you frequently use.

In this example we will calibrate a Really Right Stuff MPR-CLII nodal slide for a Canon 10-22 lens at 22mm in portrait orientation for use with the RRS L-bracket, and PCL-II panning clamp atop a BH-40 ballhead.

The basics described here should apply no matter what equipment you use. I should mention this tutorial is meant as a guide for single-row panoramas.

Calibrating a Panoramic Head for Your Lens

By Dave Watts.

To eliminate the possibility of parallax errors (things not lining up properly) when stitching individual frames into panoramics, it is necessary to calibrate your panoramic head for the lenses and focal lengths you frequently use.

In this example we will calibrate a Really Right Stuff MPR-CLII nodal slide for a Canon 10-22 lens at 22mm in portrait orientation for use with the RRS L-bracket, and PCL-II panning clamp atop a BH-40 ballhead.

The basics described here should apply no matter what equipment you use. I should mention this tutorial is meant as a guide for single-row panoramas.