Hi Ron,
Welcome to the Easypano forum.
Mate, I don't want to rain on your parade, but some home truths might just help you along the way to better panoramas.
Firstly Re: Nodal Point (Wrong) it is NOT the nodal point but the Non Parallax Point you are trying to position correctly (NPP) This is a piece of cake to set up using a panohead that allows 90 degrees tilt. You must centre the cross over the centre of the (bubble level in your case)
As you can see you are slightly off. Though probably not enough to worry the stitching.
Secondly: The Canon S3 is a fine camera but that lens you are using is the worse fisheye lens I have ever seen! What is it? Optima? Phoenix? It is junk and doesn't cover anywhere near 180 degrees. The Chromatic Aberration and general clarity is at best very poor.
Here is the best I could get out of your images. ron.mov
Best thing to do?
Adapt a Nikon FC-E9 to your Canon S3 or maybe a Raynox 185 Pro. This is of course unless you want to upgrade your camera as well.
Sorry to have to put your lens down mate, but it is really, really bad!
Regards, Smooth
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