Using a fisheye lens/ panoramic tripod head to shoot a 360° spherical Panorama

[Allwaar]

Hi, I have a question: If I use a full frame camera should I take the pictures in portrait orientation too? is it ok in horizontal position?

[plejra]

This Tripod head looks very professional, is it custom made? I want one ;)

[PawlikDoc]

thank you )

[gontranpeter]

how is it possible to create a spherical panorama without the tripod visibl on the buttom? I saw many such panoramas but how is it possible?

[gontranpeter]

what equpment do I need to create 360x360 panoramics(panoramic images for both up and down)?

[jaredarm]

Nice tutorial. May I ask what fisheye lens you are using? Is it better to have a lens that just makes the circles (with black border) or the type that fills the sensor?

[360Cities]

@jaredarm Hi, it's better to have one that makes a partial circle - if you hold your camera in portrait orientation, the top and bottom of the frame will have a circle (and see straight up and down). the left and right will be image (and see about 60º to the left and right). This lets you make a full sphere in 4 shots.

If you get a "fullframe fisheye" - that's a fisheye lens that fills the sensor - that's ok too but you'll need to take more pictures.

[liquidSpin]

How did you make panhead? Do you have a tutorial on how to make one. Would you be willing to make one for a price? (long shot of a question but I thought i'd try)

[skatingbdmsallday]

will it work the same if you take more than 4 shots?

[360Cities]

@skatingbdmsallday Yes :-) it work (more or less) the same if you take more than 4 shots.

To give you more detail than you might want: if your shots overlap more than 50%, there is a chance that not only the adjacent shots will be matched, but also the next image as well (so image 1 & 2, and 1 & 3 will be matched) this can make errors in the panorama because it affects the calculation of lens distortion. so, best to shoot with less than 50% overlap. Again, this is more detail than you need ;-)

[sidmanjul]

oie no tendras un totrial en español. el ingles aunno se me da bien, entiendo muy poco verbalmente... slaudos, muy buenos tutriales...