Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V3 #62
From: Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 18:28:53 -0700

Alastair Firkin wrote:
> 
> Alan,
> 
> Thank you for the panorama tips. I have somewhere in my "cupboard" an old
> Nikon thingamebob which has settings for different focal lenght lenes and
> click stops in between. I don't think it overlapped by 50%, but it did have
> the bubble level. I also have an old Rollei one, which is much smaller.
> Which lens would you use for these scenic shots. If I use a longer lens, it
> will be the 70-180 Zoom, and it has a tripod mount on the lens itself. This
> may alter the dynamics of the swing. Any comments?
> This should have gone a few days ago, but my server has clocked out for 3
> days ;-)
> Cheers,
> 
> Alastair Firkin,

Alastair,

I am a little fuzzy on this but I think what you want to do is rotate
the lens around the 2nd nodal point.  That way the overlap will 'match
up' 

Dennis



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