- So, those multi row systems, Ron, are great.
A bit expensive and a bit heavy,
if you've got a spend a lot of time out shooting, right?
- Some more expensive and some heavier than others.
- Yes, you get what you pay for, and there's a lot
of variety, so you can find a solution at any price point
and you can find some that are lighter weight.
But I gotta tell ya, if I'm just trying to shoot
accurately and I'm concerned about weight,
this is about three, four ounces.
Just an aluminum bar, I can attach that right to the tripod.
I love that it has that integrated bubble level in it,
right at the back here so it's super easy to see.
Take a little Arca-Swiss plate
and just drop that on and now
I get that same ability, right?
We can't shoot multiple rows but
because of the L bracket, I could easily put that camera in
and latch it in place and we still can
actually compensate for the no parallax point, right?
- [Ron] Now you can get a great landscape with no
parallax point while set, yeah.
- Yeah, and it's a very lightweight solution.
You can use a small rail for this with a small head.
You've seen a few other types.
Sometimes I'll use these types of brackets,
these are sort of the smallest ones that
Really Right Stuff makes.
And this really works with any camera lens
combination, which I like.
Frequently, when I'm traveling, I bring a different
amount of gear and then depending upon the day on the trip,
I might need different configurations.
Maybe I'm shooting landscape panorama.
Maybe I'm shooting interior.
This is a great solution that adds very little
to my camera bag and lets me get results.
Now, you sometimes take a little bit different approach
because you're using more a fish eye lens.
- Yes, as the guy that is
almost only into panoramas, I carry around more
dedicated gear and speaking of small, relatively light
weight and easy to use, this little guy is great.
- Yeah.
- It just goes right in the camera bag.
It has a downside where it is not flexible
like the equipment you're mentioning.
This is for one lens and one lens only
because of the matching lens ring.
- Right, but they do sell the ring separately, right?
You can get it for different combinations?
- Yes, you could have a ring for different lenses.
But, I think they only make them for fish eye lenses.
And then it drops right in there.
- [Photographer] Yeah, that's a dedicated solution
there, isn't it?
- Our no parallax point is not an issue.
There's no way I can make a mistake with this lens.
- And I think that's important.
Ron shoots panoramic photography all of the time.
It's his specialty.
I've been shooting panoramic photography for years
but I'm more of a general photographer
that has different jobs on different days.
So I need equipment that's flexible.
You need equipment that gives you the exact
same results each time.
So, when you drop into the system
which you use all the time, you don't really have to
configure things right, you just pretty
much know it's right?
- That's right, I can spend all of my brain power
thinking about bracketing and exposure and color
and all of those other things where that
parallax problem is not a problem.
- Right, so, find a solution that works for you.
If you're shooting architecture and interiors
and you're gonna have a dedicated setup
with a specific lens, this is great.
With three or four shots you can build
a great panoramic photo, right?
- This is a four shot around.
Captures the ceiling as well.
So if you're doing things like virtual tours
and shooting many many 360s, you pick up the tripod
and move to the next space.
And if you're not capturing the floor or the nadir,
you're doing something else later, and we'll
talk about the options for covering that
or working with that in post.
If you're not shooting those, you take your
four shots around, probably with bracketing, maybe not,
move to the next place and go.
The amount of mistakes that can be made are
greatly reduced with this kind of a setup.
- And if you need flexibility and you do different
types of lens and camera combinations
or even just the same camera but swap out lenses
depending upon the scenario, something like
a simple rail here gives you great consistent results,
just takes a little bit more time to setup.