Which equipment is necessary?
Beside your
Panorama-VR-System III
(consisting of panorama plate
Panorama=Q 48
, focusing rack
Castel-Q
, angle
bracket
Q=Plate Vertical
,
spirit level
for the flash shoe and the software
PanoramaStudio
) you will require:
• A d
igital camera (ideally a full-featured SLR or mirrorless system camera with a standard or wide angle lens) or as an
alternative, an analog camera and a scanner
• A
stable tripod (recommended: Novoflex
QuadroPod
or
TrioPod
)
• A
ball head or leveling base (recommended: Novoflex
ClassicBall
,
MagicBall
or
MagicBalance
), a 3-way head or a
leveling center column
• A
Windows
TM
PC or a Mac (ideally a current computer with a lot of ram and a large hard disk)
How is the panorama created?
Using the stitching technique, the final panorama will be an assembly of a series of individual images. Between these
single shots the camera will be rotated around a certain angle. You create your panorama afterwards on the computer
using a stitching software e.g.
PanoramaStudio.
Congratulations! By purchasing your
Panorama-VR-System III
you have acquired
a tool, which enables you - together with a digital camera, a tripod, a ballhead and a
personal computer - to generate high quality panoramas simply.
To achieve exceptionally good results, you should make some adjustments before
and after taking your pictures. This applies to the hardware as well as to the soft-
ware. These instructions will help familiarize you with the most important working
steps.
VR-System III
