Panoramic Photography - Finding the Nodal Point

[@marcoantoniogarciareboiro5424]

Best practical explanation I have seen about parallax error and how to fix it. Thanks

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it helped, and thanks for your feedback. Very much appreciated 🙏

[@NormanZ-jn5vj]

Well presented. Topic was explained clearly. It will assist me so much with my interest in panoramics.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you for watching, I'm glad it was helpful for you!

[@Rdavis6593]

This is a very good explanation. Thank you.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful!, my next video that will be uploaded will be on taking Panoramas while Traveling 🙏

[@jaredfein5462]

Thanks for this terrific tutorial. Everything I wanted to know about how to use my new Neewer panning rail, which comes with no instructions. So clearly explained!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful! and thank you for letting me know that you found value in this tutorial 🙏

[@BJGomez-eu7ub]

Best explaination I have seen. Totally understand now.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you, I try to explain things as simply as possible ☺️

[@xhani6459]

Just perfect. The easiest way ever to find the nodal point. Thank you.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad that I was able to help you 😌

[@stevebarham3621]

I just wanted to thank you again for your utube videos they are great to the point giving you all the facts as you go you are a great teacher and I,d like to meet up but that ain’t going to happen because I’m in the UK I don’t know how I could private message you but I guess if you gave out your info you would be inundated with so many messages you would have no time doing what you do. Thanks again Steve.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

I appreciate that, and happy that you like and appreciate my content. This is my Facebook page facebook.com/CharlesPhotoPlace You can message me through it.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you for your feedback, you can email me at [e-mail]

[@alexcarlson5693]

Great explanation! Thanks 😀

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thanks, glad it was helpful! 😁

[@d53101]

Fantastic, I was just looking for this info this morning. I have exactly the same Neewer rack as you have. Now I know how to find the optical center of my zoom lens. Thanks.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

That's great. I'm in the process of editing a Panorama Tutorial on how choosing the correct Perspective when merging your images into a single image affects how the finished panorama looks like

[@suresh1957]

Very clearly explained Sir ! Thanks

[@CharlesNPhotography]

You are welcome, and thanks for letting me know that you appreciated this video 🙏

[@billkossmann9246]

Charles, thank you for this video (and others). I tried to do a pano of the Christmas lights at City Hall Park but the closest trees were too close and caused issues. I found this video and ordered the nodal rail; your video made set-up a snap! Thanks again.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad that this tutorial was of help to you 😀🙏

[@SniperPhotography]

Without doubt one of the best photography KZbin channels you can watch. No useless wrong information and unrelated annoying B roll just good honest information from a man that has been behind the camera for a very long time. I will be giving this channel a mention on my channel very shortly. Thank you Charles for another well informed constructive video. Have subscribed to your channel. Cheers

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you very much for your enhearten feedback. Photography as been a way of life and a passion for me and carried me through some very dark times in my life.

[@SniperPhotography]

@@CharlesNPhotography Hi Charles I am a commercial photographer from Sydney. Have been for over 18 years now. I also conduct photography workshops here in the Blue mountains of NSW. Take care

[@lightlandsky]

Yes, it’s refreshing not to have to scroll through arty B Roll and all the annoying music.

[@bernym4047]

A very comprehensive demonstration of finding nodal point and a useful tip to measure in landscape mode fr better accuracy. Thanks.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Great to hear that you found this tutorial helpful, much appreciated 🙏

[@bernym4047]

@@CharlesNPhotography I found the nodal point on my MFT 25mm Voigtlander nokton f/0.95 prime yesterday using your method. I made a 9 image panorama with 50% overlap in Hugin. I used a minimum of control points and could find absolutely no errors. Many thanks again.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

@@bernym4047 Great to hear that, thank you

[@mrdarryljones1]

The best panorama tutorial on KZbin! Stumbled across it a long time ago and when I got serious about this I remembered your backyard and the poles! 👍🏾

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful! 😄

[@jremi]

Extremely useful for a newbie like me! When I woke up this morning, I did not know parallax errors even existed. Now, thanks to this video, I know exactly what it is and how to minimize/eliminate it. Just subscribed!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it helped! and thanks for subscribing to my channel 🙏

[@stevechong65]

So well explained! Thank you Sir!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful! and thank you for letting me know that this tutorial was of help to you 🙏

[@mehmetrevanli9017]

This is very useful and the information I was looking for, next week I will be in the mountains with minimal Light pollution. Thanks to you, I found exactly the information I was looking for for my Milky Way photos. Thank you very much

[@CharlesNPhotography]

You're welcome, good luck and thanks for letting me know that this tutorial helped you 😁

[@JeffersonGonzalez1971]

Thanks so much for explaining this technique in a nutshell! 😇

[@CharlesNPhotography]

You are so welcome! and glad that this tutorial was able to help you 😉

[@andrewtse8416]

This is the best video explaining the need for finding a nodal point, thank you

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful!

[@autofocusrossswansea9362]

What an informative video. I watched this a few weeks ago and ordered that slider you are using - tried it out as soon as I got it and it works perfectly just like you demonstrated. My Nikon is now making panoramic picture taking so much easier with your technique. One thing you didn't mention which maybe should be brought to the attention of your subscribers is that, even if you don't have a near and far object in your subject, it is probably wise to set the lens to the position you have recorded for that focal length, as it costs nothing and you never know how much even mid distance objects may react to far distant objects. Once you've gone to the trouble of making your measurements, it's a slam dunk that you should then use them when possible. Thanks again for your help with this video, Such a simple technique yet, so helpful when it comes to the editing stage on the computer later on!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you very much for your helpful feedback.🙏

[@rmcv1982]

Thank you Sir! Detailed explanation.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful! 😉

[@dennispenton2052]

Excellent Explanation Charles.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you very much for letting me know that this tutorial helped you out .🙏

[@matglenday5428]

Great tutorial now I know what I need to do to remove parallax error of my panorama’s. I didn’t realise you needed this part.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

I'm glad that this tutorial was able to help you out

[@mrvegardeide]

Excellent explanation! Many thanks!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful! and thanks for letting me know that you found value in this video tutorial 🙏

[@peterhickey7151]

Great tutorial thanks so much

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful! and thanks for watching and commenting 🙏

[@jeffarredondo]

I've seen my share of videos on KZbin on this subject. Your explanation was by far the easiest to follow and most thoroughly explained. Thank you!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you so much fr your feedback, very much appreciated 🙏

[@ericdavies4047]

Hi thank you so much, I do watch all your videos but on the TV so I do not comment. However I always give a thumbs up. I am getting on a bit now and mostly use 4x5 so i am always trying new things with digital. Thanks from Eric near Cambridge England

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@robbrady3096]

Hi Charles Brilliant Tutorial Tried your method of finding the nodal point. The gear i'am using is a Neewer levelling plate, Neewer fluid panning head, Neewer nodal slide. I found it interesting that when I tried using my sigma 18-250 lens from 18 to 250 there was only a 13mm difference across all the focal lengths. However when i used my Tokina 11-16mm lens it stayed at 62mm through all the focal lengths. Thanks again for your excellent videos

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Yes, that is right. I use to own the Tokina 11-16mm and the Nodal Point didn't move

[@robbrady3096]

@@CharlesNPhotography One question Charles if you don't mind. When shooting a panorama of the night sky involving the milky way as the main feature does the nodal point come into play ?

[@XavierROUCHAUD]

Excellent, many thanks!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad you liked it!

[@ianjukseyjukes4358]

Brilliant explanation and methodology,

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Many thanks! 😉

[@juancarlosguzman2827]

Excellent thanks for sharing, I would like to start shooting panoramas. I bought one of those expensive nodal pint system but it takes longer to set it, this is much better and cheap option, why I didn’t see this video before

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you very much for your comment, very much appreciated 😀

[@seasterl]

Great tutorial! Thanks! This was everything I needed and void of all the chatter and off-topic tangents common in most other videos from other. I’m a subscriber! Keep up the great work, sir!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful! and thanks for letting me know that you appreciate the work that goes into my video tutorials. I try to keep them as simple as possible while still explaining how to use your gear.

[@seasterl]

One question: I’m just getting started with panos and noticed it’s hard to find a way to mount a telephoto lens collar foot to the nodal rail. Is this because longer lenses don’t have much parallax? I was going to try my RF 100-500mm lens.

[@Hestia3332]

Thank you, this is a very concise and informative video regarding the subject

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful🙏

[@juancarlosguzman2827]

Awesome 👏 thanks for sharing

[@CharlesNPhotography]

My pleasure 😊 and thanks for watching this tutorial 🙏

[@geofflongford2008]

Great simple tutorial. Thanks mate👍

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it helped🙏

[@JoseGutierrez-sk6zx]

Thanks for sharing Charles!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

My pleasure and thanks for watching

[@juancarlosguzman2827]

Very helpful, thanks for sharing

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thanks for watching! and glad that this tutorial was of help to you 😉

[@edselharrison]

Perfect tutorial!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you so much Ed 🙏

[@robertodolza]

Great tutorial! Thank you so much! 👍👍👍

[@CharlesNPhotography]

You're very welcome! and glad that it was helpful for you

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

Well presented. Thank you.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful! 🙏

[@jorgedesousa8361]

Thanks for making it easy to understand!!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

You are so welcome! and happy to have helped you

[@chetanadeepak]

THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO

[@CharlesNPhotography]

My pleasure

[@1VIDEO21]

Sir, I take my hat off to you. Thank you for the video !!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

You are very welcome, and thank you for letting me know that you liked my video🙏

[@aaza2310]

Thanks for your help

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Happy to help

[@NC_Karl]

Great video. I've been assembling the hardware to try pano photography. Used the same techniques to measure the nodal point for several lenses and zoom settings. One caution, be sure to get the longer rail so it covers all possibilities.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Great to hear!, yes that's why I chose the 200mm rail to be on the safe side

[@mark1hancock]

However, on my longer rail the end of the rail was visible in the shot and I needed a smaller rail of 120 mm to ensure the rail wasn't seen. Agree, great video explains concept so that it is easy to understand

[@SirIronJim]

Thanks for the Video, the information you've provided is extremely useful, thanks for sharing :)

[@CharlesNPhotography]

You're welcome, and thanks for letting me know 😊

[@gundamfromjapan]

This was great! Thank you! Just now about to enter the Pano world snowshoeing in Glacier National in Montana. So Im using Fuji gfx100s taking 23mm , 80mm and 250mm primes. If im using a 200mm 35mm equivalent prime lens ( the 250 lens) will there be so little parallax error to even bother putting that lens on the nodal rail?

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Have fun!, yes and the easiest way to see if you have parallax error is to take a few photos and see in object in the foreground match with object in the background

[@walterl8863]

Very practical and most rapid way to find the point! Just a question: if I put the center axe of the tripod and the two distances on the same line ( for example a straight line at the sight on the road 🛣️) do I get more accurate results?? Many thanks!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Maybe, but never tried it that way

[@Bills_APCh]

Charles, can you clarify what we are measuring by the nodal point measurement. Is it the distance between that when you centre the nodal rail over the tripod centre and the nodal reading on the nodal rail when you get the no parallax: the difference is the nodal measurement (or if the zero point is the nodal rail when you first centre it over the tripod centre). Also can you explain how to centre the camera exactly, I do not think your video demonstrated this (I know this is very time consuming).. Thanks.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Good Questions; 1: The Nodal Rail is set correctly when there's no parallax error shown in your photos between the 2 poles you've set to check for parallax error 2: can you explain how to centre the camera exactly!: the 1st pole and your camera must by in a straight line and then I make sure that the center focus point on my camera is in the center of the 1st pole. If this is not done, then you'll have no way of properly working out the parallax error.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Watch the video from this point kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHXEZXWGpdCNf7c

[@Bills_APCh]

@@CharlesNPhotography Thanks I think I understand it 100pc now

[@Mr09260]

This is what I know nothing about Thank you Charles !!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

I hope this video helped you then!

[@Bills_APCh]

Thanks Charles. I was wondering, if you place your nodal rail in a different position, would the nodal point be different ? How do you ensure the nodal rail is set in only 1 position. Thanks.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Good questions! 1: "if you place your nodal rail in a different position, would the nodal point be different?" YES, because you've moved the rail the Nodal Point will also have moved. 2: How do you ensure the nodal rail is set in only 1 position. The Nodal Rail has a ruler in millimeters on t and I mark where the rail is supposed to be for the lens. If I use more than 1 lens, then I would mark the rail in more than 1 position.

[@realestate360tours]

Great job Charles thank you for making this very easy to understand! DO you have a link for that Neewer bracket you use?

[@CharlesNPhotography]

All the gear that I use is listed in this videos description: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zny7d3SQnJmjjdE I bought the Newer bracket on eBay.

[@nikostzianakakis7750]

Thank for your enlightening video! I’d like to ask if the position of the camera, vertical or horizontal, on the nodal rail requires to do the procedure you demonstrate twice. Thank you in advance!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

The tripod has to be level left to right and front to back. Once the camera is positioned at the Nodal point, you can tilt the camera from the center axis of thew camera. I hope I have answered your question properly, if not please give me more detail.

[@nikostzianakakis7750]

@@CharlesNPhotography , thank you very much for your prompt response. If I understood it right, once I set the camera on the right point on the nodal rail, then I can put the camera vertically and take the photo, without having to repeat the process of finding the right spot on the rail, right?

[@CharlesNPhotography]

@@nikostzianakakis7750 Yes you are correct, the camera will be in the right place whether you shoot in Landscape or Portrait (upright) orientation

[@nikostzianakakis7750]

@@CharlesNPhotography , once again, thank you very much for your response and time! Best regards!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

@Nikos Tzianakakis You're more than welcome

[@briancox4339]

Thanks for sharing very interesting

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@myokfile]

Simple and useful, thank you Charles^^

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad to hear that!

[@MarceloFernandez1967]

My photography professor!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you very much, I try and impart the photographic knowledge that I'm accrued over the years to help people in their photography walk

[@garyrowe58]

Yup, it's the entrance pupil - one of the two nodal points. Roughly, it's where the aperture iris 'appears' to be when you look into the lens.

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you for your reply 🙏

[@stevebarham3621]

Thank you so much for your advice it was very helpful I have watched a number of your videos and am learning a bit more although I do have a couple of specific questions to ask regarding the KIT I would need. How can I find out all the bits that I will need to fit onto my tripod? Any thank you once again

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Hi Steve I am going to do a short video showing all the gear I use to take panoramas very soon, so keep an eye out for it.

[@stevebarham3621]

@@CharlesNPhotography dear Charles I’m not that good with modern tech like utube so this is a short message to test that this get to you. I don’t know if this is a public message (please let me know) but in any case I would like to thank you so much for your kind reply. I would like to email you or communicate without it being public if that’s ok with you? For emails I use a yahoo. All the best and I will keep an eye out for that utube link thank you once again.

[@betipapa]

Very useful information and very nicely put

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thanks a lot and glad it was helpful

[@marcalmecija5761]

thank you very much

[@CharlesNPhotography]

You are welcome, and glad that this tutorial helped you 🙏

[@KW86.]

Thank you, easy breezy

[@CharlesNPhotography]

I'm glad you found it helpful! 😄

[@RobertFalconer1967]

Very good explanation, BUT... What happens if the distance between that front stick and the background changes? What if the front stick is moved closer to your lens? Or further away? Do your set lens calculations still work?

[@CharlesNPhotography]

What if the front stick is moved closer to your lens? If the front stick is too close then you may not be able to see the back stick clearly. Both sticks have to be the same size in width. What if the front stick is moved further away? It doesn't matter if the front stick is further away, as long as the back stick is at least 5 meters further back. And that both sticks are clearly visible on your camera

[@RobertFalconer1967]

@@CharlesNPhotography Perhaps I didn't explain myself properly. Let's say the relative alignment distances between the foreground measurement stick and the background subject are significantly changed from you example? Does your nodal point calculus still work? So, for example, if your background is 30 feet away, and your front stick is 4 feet away, will you get the same results (with the same lenses)?

[@CharlesNPhotography]

@@RobertFalconer1967 Yes, and as long as background marker is clearly visible, it would be slightly more accurate

[@RobertFalconer1967]

@@CharlesNPhotography Having just tested all this thoroughly, one thing I noticed is that on a full frame setup, for example, with the camera set to portrait orientation mode, and a 24-70mm lens set at either 28mm or 35mm, the nodal point vertical alignment of the foreground and background items don't appear to shift relative to one another at all...no matter where the slider is set. Leading me to conclude that in portrait orientation this doesn't matter nearly as much because you're not shifting as much left to right. Or are you supposed to set the nodal point of the lens while your camera is oriented in landscape mode, before rotating over to portrait mode?

[@roresteen]

Hi Charles - for some reason on my Fuji XE3, we hen I line up two vertical lines and pan left or right the lines remain aligned with no relative movement to the other. I can’t figure out what the Fuji EVF is doing to manipulate this. I’ve tried movie mode and the same thing. Frustrating!

[@CharlesNPhotography]

I'm not familiar with Fuji cameras, so can't really give you any suggestions

[@fredwestinghouse2945]

Does this rig work if you also did multi-row pano?

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Yea, definitely

[@DhrubaYT]

Hi Charles.. can you do 85 mm and 100 mm on your nodal rail?

[@CharlesNPhotography]

I haven't tried, but should be able to 🤔

[@AlexanderSogliero]

So informative and well spoken. Thank you sir! 👏

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ahmedyassensama]

Thank you

[@CharlesNPhotography]

You're very welcome 🙏

[@xMarissje]

Thanks for this video. I fninally get it 😅

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Glad I could help!

[@vikramantin3995]

👍

[@CharlesNPhotography]

Thank you 🙏