Darmstadt Herrengarten

SooHK schrieb...
ho ho ho Merry Christmas

Neil Gallop schrieb...
Very well executed. Grand job.

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simon radcliffe schrieb...
nice pic mate, how do you find the panosaurus to use? I'm thinking of getting one, i'm heading travelling for a few months and am wondering if its ok to travel with. Does it take long to set it up use it and pack up?

Also thinking of getting the sigma 10-20.. I already have the 17-85 and don't really want to carry to much gear as i will be in places such as sth america..

Andreas Brett schrieb...
Well I can truly say: the Panosaurus is worth its price! Keeping in mind that the Panosaurus is quite cheap compared to other panoramic tripod heads it competes very well. It is build out of aluminium and wood which increases the weight and bulkiness. It is not as small as the NodalNinja when fold up but anyway if you want to go cheap AND solid you should go for the Panosaurus. Packed up it takes about the size of 1.5 three-way-tripod-heads. It suits almost perfectly in my Manfrotto Tripod Bag (MBAG80P). Set-up time is quite reasonable. I guess I need something in between 20s and 1min.

For panoramas you should go for an ultra wide angle lens like a 10-20 or something in that range. The amount of pictures needed shrinks down to only 16 whereas the quality of the resulting panorama is yet quite good (as you can see...). If you shot with 17mm you will need more than twice the pictures to get a full 360° panorama... Additionally an ultra wide angle lens is so much fun to shoot with!

To sum everything up: if you travel with a good tripod bag you won't necessarily notice the panosaurus anymore! My advise: take a small photobag to carry your camera and 2 lenses and a padded tripod bag to carry the tripod and the panosaurus.