proj-imim:
Tilted monopods
Peter Murphy 2000-Jul-15 17:47:43
Suppose you have a monopod and a one-way tilt head. If the tilt
action is towards and away from you - ie a proper tilt not a roll -
then you have a camera support system where the rear nodal point
of the lens can be positioned so that it is directly over the monopod
base
when the camera is made level - ie what is needed for zero
parallax panoramas. This means that the angle between the lens axis
and the main axis of the monopod is less than 90 degrees. ie the camera
and monopod have somewhat the profile of the figure 7.
It is easy to set this angle if you know where the rear nodal point of
your lens is. Then the only portion of your scene that is being
obscured is the very base of the monopod which small area is
easy to retouch.
Peter Murphy
www.culture.com.au/virtual