Recommended Equipment

Hereunder are recommended equipments for panorama stitching software Panoweaver 5.00.

Panoweaver is 360*180 spherical panorama stitching software and is able to publish panoramas as Flash, Quicktime and Java applet. See panorama photography.

 

Equipment
Middle Resolution
High Resolution

Digital Camera

Nikon D70s
Nikon D200

Fisheye Lens

Sigma 8mm F3.5(or F4) EX DG Fisheye

Pano Head

MrotatorTCPShort

Tripod

Manfrotto 190CL
Reference Price
$1800
$2500

Full List Equipments:

Manufacturer
Type
Camera
Lens
Pano Head
Image type
Remark
Canon
DSLR

DSLR 1Ds/1Ds Mark II;

5D

Canon Fisheye EF 15mm f/2.8 Autofocus Lens
OR
Sigma Fisheye 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye Autofocus Lens

# QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Camera Bracket with Universal Mount
# Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Bracket with Quick Release Mount

# Manfrotto 303 SPH

# MrotatorTCPShort

# Nodal Ninja

Full Frame Images

Way of shooting

How to adjust the nodal point

Film SLR

Canon

DSLR

DSLR 1Ds/1Ds Mark II;

5D

 

 

 

Sigma 8mm F4 EX DG Circular Fisheye (Canon E mount)

1. Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Standard Camera Bracket
+ Twin Axis Adapter
2. Manfrotto 303

3. Manfrotto 303 plus

4. MrotatorTCPShort

5. Nodal Ninja

Full Circular Images

Mount/Adapter: Canon E mount

10D/20D/30D/40D/300D/
350D/400D;

1D Mark II/1D Mark III/1D Mark II N;

EOS D60/D30

* Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base +Standard Camera Bracket
+Twin Axis Adapter
* Manfrotto 303

* Manfrotto 303 plus

* Nodal Ninja

# MrotatorTCPShort

# Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Bracket with Universal Mount
# QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Bracket with Quick Release Mount

# Manfrotto 303 SPH

Drum Images

Agnos Mrotator A, Mrotator B,Kaidan QUICKPAN IV CS need not adjust nodal point;

* The pano heads do not support Up/Down shooting to get Top/Bottom fisheye images.

# The pano heads enable Up/Down shooting to get Top/Bottom fisheye images.

EOS 300D

EF-S 10-22mm F3.5-4.5 USM

Full Frame Images
Fujifilm

Others

FinePix S2 Pro;

FinePix S1 Pro;

 

 

 

 

Sigma 8mm F3.5(or F4) EX DG Circular Fisheye (Nikon F mount)

Drum Images

Film SLR

Fujifilm

1. Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Standard Camera Bracket
+ Twin Axis Adapter
2. Manfrotto 303

3. Manfrotto 303 plus

4. MrotatorTCPShort

5. Nodal Ninja

Full Circular Images

Canon Fisheye EF 15mm f/2.8 Autofocus Lens
OR
Sigma Fisheye 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye Autofocus Lens

# QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Camera Bracket with Universal Mount
# Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Bracket with Quick Release Mount

# Manfrotto 303 SPH

# MrotatorTCPShort

# Nodal Ninja

Full Frame Images

Others

FinePix S2 Pro

FinePix S1 Pro

AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED

Kodak

DSLR

DCS 14N
DCS SLR/n

Canon Fisheye EF 15mm f/2.8 Autofocus Lens
OR
Sigma Fisheye 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye Autofocus Lens

Film SLR

Kodak

Others

DCS760

AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED

DSLR

DCS 14N
DCS SLR/n

Sigma 8mm F3.5(or F4) EX DG Circular Fisheye (Nikon F mount)

1. Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Standard Camera Bracket
+ Twin Axis Adapter
2. Manfrotto 303

3. Manfrotto 303 plus

4.MrotatorTCPShort

5. Nodal Ninja

Full Circular Images

Mount/ Adapter: Nikon F mount

Film SLR

Kodak

 

Others

DCS760

* Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base +Standard Camera Bracket
+Twin Axis Adapter

* Manfrotto 303

* Manfrotto 303 plus

* Nodal Ninja

# MrotatorTCPShort

# Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Bracket with Universal Mount
# QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Bracket with Quick Release Mount

# Manfrotto 303 SPH

Drum Images

Minota

Film SLR

Minota

 

Canon Fisheye EF 15mm f/2.8 Autofocus Lens
OR
Sigma Fisheye 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye Autofocus Lens

# QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Camera Bracket with Universal Mount
# Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Bracket with Quick Release Mount

# Manfrotto 303 SPH

# MrotatorTCPShort

# Nodal Ninja

Full Frame Images  

Sigma 8mm F3.5(or F4) EX DG Circular Fisheye (Nikon F mount)

1. Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Standard Camera Bracket
+ Twin Axis Adapter
2. Manfrotto 303

3. Manfrotto 303 plus

4. MrotatorTCPShort

5. Nodal Ninja

Full Circular Images  
Nikon(*Nikon Coolpix series out of production )

Nikon

 

DSLR

D200/D50/D70s/
D100/D80;

D1X/D2X/D2Hs Pro

Sigma 8mm F3.5(or F4) EX DG Circular Fisheye (Nikon F mount)

* Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base +Standard Camera Bracket
+Twin Axis Adapter
* Manfrotto 303

* Manfrotto 303 plus

* Nodal Ninja

# MrotatorTCPShort

# Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Bracket with Universal Mount
# QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Bracket with Quick Release Mount

# Manfrotto 303 SPH

Drum Images  

Consumer Built-in Lens

Coolpix 4300

1. Agnos MrotatorA

2. QuickPan IV Rotator system
or
KiWi Panoramic tripod head + Twin Axis Adapter

3. Manfrotto 303

4. Nodal Ninja

Full Circular Images Mount/ Adapter: UR-E4

Coolpix 5000

Mount/ Adapter: UR-E6

Coolpix 4500/990/995

   

Nikon FC-E9

1. Agnos MrotatorB

2. Manfrotto 303

Full Circular Images Mount/ Adapter: UR-E10
Mount/ Adapter: UR-E12
Mount/ Adapter: UR-E16
Mount/ Adapter: UR-E12

Coolpix 8800 (*only for 3 fisheye images stitching)

Mount/ Adapter: UR-E18

DSLR

D200/D50/D70s/
D100/D80/D3;

D1X/D2X/D2Hs Pro

AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED

# QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Camera Bracket with Universal Mount
# Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Spherical Bracket with Quick Release Mount

# Manfrotto 303 SPH

# MrotatorTCPShort

# Nodal Ninja

Full Frame Images  

 

D3

AF Fisheye-Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D
Full Frame Images
Sigma Fisheye 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye Autofocus Lens Full Frame Images
Sigma 8mm F3.5(or F4) EX DG Circular Fisheye (Nikon F mount) Full Circular Images

Film SLR

Nikon

Sigma Fisheye 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye Autofocus Lens

Full Frame Images  
Olympus

DSLR

Evolt 500

Zuiko ED 8mm F3.5 fish eye lens

Full Frame Images  
Pentax

Film SLR

Pentax

Canon Fisheye EF 15mm f/2.8 Autofocus Lens
OR
Sigma Fisheye 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye Autofocus Lens

Full Frame Images  

 

 

 

 

Sigma 8mm F3.5(or F4) EX DG Circular Fisheye

1. Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base + Standard Camera Bracket
+ Twin Axis Adapter
2. Manfrotto 303

3. Manfrotto 303 plus

4. MrotatorTCPShort

5. Nodal Ninja

Full Circular Images  
Sigma

Others

SD9
SD10
SD14

* Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base +Standard Camera Bracket
+Twin Axis Adapter
* Manfrotto 303

* Manfrotto 303 plus

* Nodal Ninja

# MrotatorTCPShort

# Kaidan QuickPan IV Rotator Base
+ Spherical Bracket with Universal Mount
# QuickPan IV Rotator Base
+ Spherical Bracket with Quick Release Mount

# Manfrotto 303 SPH

Drum Images  
Drum Images  
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