Landscape
Mode
Portrait mode:
This is the most common way to mount the camera. Ideal for wide angles of view (e.g. 360° panorama) using short or
medium focal length lenses.
Tip:
The specialty of panoramic photography is the unique opportunity, to display extremely wide angles of view, even 360°,
which is impossible with an ordinary camera.
The horizontal field of view of your completed panorama is specified by the number of pictures you take. The vertical
field of view is dependent only on the focal length of the lens used. If you want a panorama with a field of view as large
as possible, mount the camera in
portrait mode
while using a short focal length. In other words, use a wide angle lens
vertically.
On the other hand, if you want to create telephoto panoramas with a limited field of view and using long focal lengths, I
suggest mounting the camera in
landscape mode
. The advantages are larger increments, what makes the adjustment
on the panorama plate much easier.
By the way, the position of the nodal point will not alter when changing the method of mounting.
The tables below are based on an overlap of
20-50% between two single shots and shows the recommended adjust
-
ment of the increment selector lever as a function of the camera (full-frame or APS-C sensor size) and the focal length
of the lens in mm.
Example:
You are using a full-frame camera and a 28 mm lens (corresponds roughly to a camera with APS-C sensor
size and 18 mm lens). According to the table you set up the value 36 with the lever and take the pictures at every third
click-stop.
focal length
full-frame
sensor
focal length
sensor
APS-C size
increment
in °
exposures
per 360° turn
n
adjustment
at lever
Fisheye
8-12 mm
Fisheye
4-7 mm
90
4
16 (4 clicks)
Fisheye
13-16 mm
Fisheye
8-10 mm
60
6
30 (5 clicks)
14-21 mm
8-14 mm
45
8
16 (2 clicks)
22-25 mm
15-16 mm
36
10
30 (3 clicks)
26-30 mm
17-19 mm
30
12
36 (3 clicks)
31-34 mm
20-22 mm
24
15
30 (2 clicks)
35-44 mm
23-28 mm
22,5
16
16 (1 click)
45-54 mm
29-34 mm
20
18
36 (2 clicks)
55-65 mm
35-41 mm
15
24
48 (2 clicks)
66-89 mm
42-56 mm
12
30
30 (1 click)
90-105 mm
57-66 mm
10
36
36 (1 click)
106-160 mm
67-100 mm
7,5
48
48 (1 click)
Recommended increment and adjustment at lever
PORTRAIT MODE
Portait
Mode
focal length
full-frame
sensor
focal length
sensor
APS-C size
increment
in °
exposures
per 360° turn
n
adjustment
at lever
70-100 mm
45-63 mm
15
24
48 (2 clicks)
101-150 mm
64-94 mm
10
36
36 (1 click)
151-220 mm
95-138 mm
7,5
48
48 (1 click)
Recommended increment and adjustment at lever
LANDSCAPE MODE
