Medium Format D goes Panorama

If you want to mount a medium format camera on a panoramic head, you better have some serious kit that can support weights beyond 2kg. The Nodalninja has no problem to carry my Mamiya ZD plus 105-200 or 24mm lens (which adds up to 3kg). Here some images of this setup. The tripod looks a bit flimsy but it stands like a rock (and it has a reasonable weight) and you dont need to remind me of the dangling shoulder strap which adds to blur !

Mamiya ZD on a Gitzo fibre carbon tripod with NN5

+ 105-210mm lens

+24mm lens

Panorama Gear 2010

Some panoramas can be shot handheld (usually few images) or using a monopod with bubble level (4 images for 360x180) or using a regular panorama head on a tripod. I was using a Manfrotto VR Head for many years, before I changed this year to a Nodalninja 5. 

Main reasons:

• Weight and size
  The Nodal Ninja is 4 times lighter and can be transported in a small pouch.
• Supporting cameras
  I use it with the 1Ds and long lenses and a Mamiya ZD, which are impossible to support in portrait mount on the old Manfrotto.
• Accuracy
  The Nodal Ninja just nicely clicks into position for a fast and reproducible shooting process.
• Price
  Get the head at their online shop for 499.- U$ with the D16 rotator.

Whats in the box ?