Hi Nick,
Welcome to the easypano forum.
I, like many others initially looked at the *pix option and once you have thoroughly researched your options you will avoid it like the plague.
I started around 12 mths ago with little knowledge of VR production but regularly visiting the forum, reading and asking you will learn virtualy everything you need to know. There are some wise old owls out there that have been producing VR work and helping others for a while. With people like Smooth, Dave @ 360 Texas and Mark Told to name a few you will get answers to your questions.
One area you will need to polish up on is the post production work with Photoshop or similar. This will give you the edge when competing with the snap happy VR producers who take little pride in their work. Again lots of help and info on this in the easypano forum.
To reiterate on smooths post I agree with the FC-E8 lens being the better choice for the coolpix range. I started with,
Nikon Coolpix 4500
Nikon FC-E8 fisheye lens
Kaidan Quickpan 111 CS Pano head
This was great equipment to start out with and learn the trade so to speak
I have now moved to a higher end of the equipment level, Nikon D70s, Sigma 8mm, Agnos pano head, this will take another learning curve but will find it easier after learning with the initial equipment. The Nikon 4500 kit is suited to the EA market quick in and out stuff. While the D70s setup is more for higher end one off commissioned work.
The Nikon 4500 kit will be up for sale in a week or two and will probably be posted on ebay. If you decide to go down the easypano route ( highly recommended) and are interested in the above setup then give me a shout. If you are in a position to splash out and money isnt a problem then skip the middle market (CP8800) jump straight in and go for the higher end equipment (DSLR) you will probably end up there anyway.
Regards mediaPix
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