stuff need for Panoramic

[toryw]

i want to start doing Panoramic photos.
i was thinking of getting RRS bh-55 pcl.
what else is needed to do Panoramic photo's.
do i need need a rail.

is this bh-55 pcl worth buying? or get the regular bh-55 and get another head for panos

[inkista]

I do cubic panos without any really right stuff. I use an 8mm Sigma fisheye lens, and a Nodal Ninja 3 on a cheap tiny Velbon tripod. So my instinctive answer is "no, you do not need that stuff." But if you're shooting high-resolution photos with large telephoto lenses and bodies, it might be different.

If you just want to stitch together a few shots of a landscape with a wide-to-normal lens, you can probably do that handheld, as long as you have good stitching software, and enough overlap between images.

I shot this pano handheld with a 60mm macro lens. It was 27 shots: three rows of nine images each:



What kind of panos are you planning to shoot?

[OsmosisStudios]

I've only ever done a few panos, but my most impressive have been handheld. I have one of Mt Polychrome up in Denali that's 39 portrait-oriented shots from left to right. Comes out to about an 18" foot wide print (at 300PPI)

[toryw]

i dont know what kinda panos i will be doing but id like the option to do so.
i want to buy a new tripod head anyways so figured i wanted to get that included.
I didnt know if i needed to. most of my work wont be pano's but just maybe a little of pano's.
I like to try it all, get into it to see if i actually like it.
I shoot mostly people.. landscape..little bit of nature.