Is there a stitching product like this: http://www.kapturegroup.com/quad/quad.html that is compatible with the D3X?
I want to use the D3X on my view camera with rodenstock digital lens, but need the right adapter and stitching product.
In case you have not considered the cylindrical pano route, my personnal view is that it is going to deliver superior, faster to set up and shoot, lighter, more compact and cheaper results compared to flat stitching done with a view camera.
To start with, I don't believe that it is possible to build a reasonnably cheap DSLR view camera with tolerances small enough that the "film plane" is perpendicular enough to the lens axis over - say - 70 mm to achieve critical focus accross the stitched image. Even if were suprisingly OK at the beginning, how long would it stay so once the camera is used in the field?
I understand the temptation to use these amazing and expensive digitars, but however good they are, they will IMHO not get close in the corners to properlly executed cylindrical stitching with a top lens like the Zeiss 100 mm f2.0... because that is simply perfect every single time with zero effort and stress.
Even focus with live view will be a challenge when side shifting the camera because of the significant light fall off of these LF lenses at full aperture.
To my eyes, the only way to put digitars to good use for very high resolutions is to use a pancake view camera with a back - the Phaseone P45+ comes to mind since it offers a good quality to price ratio second hand - and to cylinder stitch with it. The problem being of course the color cast you'll get when using wides. Now, is that even worth it?
Cheers,
Bernard