Advice needed: panoramic- & tripod photography gear combo

[jkirkegaard]

Hi Everyone,

I’m looking for some advice about photographic gear to do both panoramic photography and normal tripod shooting.

For shooting real estate I’m currently using two camera-setups, my main camera (with a wide-angle lens) mounted on a tripod with a ball head. My second camera is mounted on a tripod with a rotator with stops on a rail which the camera with a fisheye lens is mounted.

Instead of these two setups, I need something simpler. I would like to combine them into one setup.

I getting a Nikon D800 and a Nikkor 14-24mm 2.8, I’m hoping this combo will replace my need for both a wide-angle and a fisheye. I’m planning to put a Kirk L-Bracket on the camera.

I’m going a need a good tripod, some kind of combination of a ball-head, rotator and a rail to set the nodal point.

I’ve been looking at some different systems; Photo Clam Pro Gold II Easy PQR, Sunwayfoto and the Acratech systems. However, I can't seem to find the perfect combination without having to change setting constantly and paying loads of money.

Anyone who knows an effective, solid and affordable solution to this issue?

 

[DiskoJoe]

Look at manfrotto for the tripod. Gitzo is good is you have the cash. But a 14-24 would not replace a fisheye. A fisheye is a fisheye.

 

[jkirkegaard]

is there really no way to do it?

 

[fenderjaguar]

All the panoramic shots I have done have been with an 18-55mm lens and a standard tripod with a pistol grip head. The piece that attaches the camera to the head of the grip can do a 360 degree swivel so once I've leveled the camera I can just pan and take the shots while doing about a 50% overlap between pictures. I then just let a free program I use stick them together and they look great.

 

[jkirkegaard]

well, shouldn't it then be possible with a 14-24mm on full frame - on vertical?