Panorama photography | ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR CAMERA!

Today I take panorama photographs in four different ways ... I want to know if I need a fancy pano tripod head or can I do it with just my camera!?

If you think you need a nodal pan head, I might be able to save you some money ... to spend on other camera gadgets!!

I suppose you could called this a landscape photography vlog ... but I prefer on location landscape photography!

(It's expensive but well worth it!)

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Thanks

Mike

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Timecode:
0:00 - Panorama photography - All you need is your camera
0:28 - Panoramas on a normal tripod
0:59 - Make sure you have the right ball head
1:23 - Nodal panorama tripod head
1:37 - What is parallaxing
2:12 - Back to the nodal pano head
2:31 - Can you spot the difference?
2:40 - 360 Nodal panorama tripod head
3:33 - 165 Megapixel Image!
3:51 - The way I like to shoot panoramas
4:36 - Up to the top of Cribyn
5:31 - Shooting a panorama handheld
6:03 - Panorama with a nodal pano head
6:19 - All you need to know about stitching panoramas together
7:12 - The most important settings you need to get a panorama photo
8:24 - How to get a good exposure with your Sony camera
9:37 - If it is a good photo, does it matter how you took it!?

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[alvaroecheverria]

Panorama demystified at last without so much talk and
with the authority of a professional... Thank you very much.

[Jarek_]

Perfect video as always. What I like most about Mike's videos is that he doesn't miss any part of the issue. Many Youtubers explain only a part and deliberately leave out some details because they explain them in their paid courses.

[judywright]

I just went on a weeklong road trip and shot multiple panos, only one of which I used my tripod for. Capture 1 had zero problems stitching any of them. I got some amazing shots of the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon on this trip! I think the biggest tip is the one you showed about getting the exposure right and switching to manual focus.

[chuckrogers]

Thanks for the hike.. It's good for us, and it's good for you..

[davidaldridge]

Hi Mike, thanks for a really excellent video, demonstrating and explaining the different options succinctly. I shoot a lot in forests, so am obliged to mainly use a nodal rail on a ball head. A tripod levelling base was a useful addition and speeded up my setup. For "normal" shots with a lot of detail, I often use a sharp prime lens taking 3-4 pano shots in portrait orientation than just a single shot with a wide zoom lens in landscape orientation.

[letmebereal]

You have a nice clear and informative way of explaining things without alot of non essential fluff.

[johnjordan]

great video, thanks Mike. Enough detail. good audio and not too much music. no flaff.

[echoauxgen]

The pano head Neewer Gimbal Head Panoramic Head $109 is so worth it. I use at night for Astro Milky Way's to do 200+ degree panos set at 15 degree stops using the base stepper. At night you can feel the next step and allows the NR function moving to next stop during NR and a pano at night where as looking at the camera screen and finding the next stop visually is very hard in the dark of night new moon. The other nice thing is there is there are 10 degree up and down prefect for landscape wide but 2 stops high for a vertical milky way. The 15 degree steps is great for lightroom NOW can stitch before the only program to do panos is/was PTGui Pro (once bought good for life of updates) it has more profiles to use. A 12 to 24mm can be used without a parallax rail so the new camera rotator landscape to portrait replacement for a L- bracket can be used without a parallax rail also.

[thomashathaway]

Thanks for simplifying a complex subject and making it understandable. Well done. 👍

[jremi]

Wow! Just found this video. I really enjoyed it. Very informative. It highlights the fact that we do not always need fancy gear, especially nowadays with the powerful features of post processing software. Just subscribed.

[Nickporter]

I really appreciate your effort to hike off and set up the camera for the engaging b roll! Pretty cool to see you get creative with no extra gear!

[MrDjlavor]

Fantastic how-to video! I'm gonna give your hand-held method a try in a couple of weeks.

[entr]

Thanks Mike! I always wondered what is the difference, thanks for the detailed explanation!

[jgoodz]

First! 'Liked' before watching as always, look forward to all your videos!

[stephenwoodburn]

Great video and tutorial, Mike. I went down the nodal head rabbit hoe a while back thinking that it was a necessity. I borrowed one from a friend and worked out how to use it and took some pano's. Then I realized that for what I was doing, I was getting similar results that I really couldn't tell the difference of when shooting hand held. I am sure they have a use, but I passed and now just take my chances with my regular tripod head or hand held. The combination of my old back and any additional kit was also part of that decision. What a fantastic weather day you had for this one. Hope you and your bride are doing well.

[sathyakd]

Thank you for all the content that you have shared. Very useful and practical.

[TheBeginnerPhotographyPodcast]

Fantastic tutorial and very informative without being over the top. Great video!

[Sae-orng]

A great compilation! I thought I knew everything about this topic, now it turns out that I have learned a lot again. Thank you very much for this!

[jgoodz]

Perfect timing on this video as I was thinking about doing an astrophotography panorama shot of the milky way!

[onikaimu]

Thank you for the great video, Mike. Stay safe.