gddxb wrote:

Has anyone tried this before?

Yes - i used to use a P45 on a Linhof M679 for quite a time. No problems with stitching parallel shiftet shots in APG or PTGui.
Problems rise when you need XML due to featureless images - which can occur quickly with architecture-shootings due to
white walls, ceilings/floors and so on.

In my opinion there is no need for shifting parallel with backs when you use a good motorized head providing XMLs
and shooting a mosaic spherically.

I do it rather often - some time ago we compared the P45 on the Linhof again shooting a 3x3 mosaic by shifting the back around
to using a DSLR on a head.
There´s absolutely no difference compared to using a D800 or a 5D2 on my Panoneed-head - i could do all the
geometrical corrections in the editor which i can achieve using a Linhof or Sinar with sliding a digiback parallel.
Need to do more than 9 shots of course - but that´s a question of adding a minute or so.

A remarkable difference was in the dynamics of the P45 doing a single shot. I needed 2-3 step bracketing on the DSLRs to get
the same dynamics as from one shot of the P45.
Regarding you can´t use bracketing in all situations the high dynamic performance which some MF backs provide really is a big advantage.

But comes to a price . .

best, Klaus

P.S.: sorry, i overread that you also panned  - that´s not making any sense in my opinion . . .
But i would say it all depends on the overlap you used.

Last edited by klausesser (2013-03-05 14:00:14)

con wrote:

each row should stitch normally as far as i understand (just camera pan).

Stitch those 3 rows and then Photoshop them together. it may be asking a bit much to get APG to resolve the whole thing

*EDIT
or stitch the 3 rows and then import them into APG

The point is: shifting the lens or the sensor means shifting the optical axis.


best, Klaus

Last edited by klausesser (2013-03-05 14:49:13)