It's still unclear to me if the camera allows simultaneous tilt and swing,
and simultaneous shift V and shift H.
Is it obvious to everyone else?
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hm. i dont know to explain it better than i did. maybe someone who understood can explain it better or is it unclear to more people here?
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about the nodal point which is not under the lens:
its at first a question of the weigth balance, if you dont want to need a very heavy tripoid the tripoid mount this weigth center should be the central point wher you go to the tripoid.
the 360degree plate in the tripod came in the camera, because we discussed to include this as a little detail, after i brought my tripod to sinar and explained whi i use this strange manfrotto leveller.
i shoot usually with this leveler to get a horizontal platform under the three way head, or under which head i ever use. in this way i can turn round the camera meanwhile i compose and adjust the image without that the horizontal position gets lost.
to integrate this rotary possibility in the camera mount itself means that, one time you have the camera horizintal adjusted e.g. with a three way head, you can turn it around its axe and you dont have to adjust the horizont again. this should be a very practical detail.
of course one can use this feature also for "real" stitched roundshots, but it was not my intention when i asked for this feature
i.m.o. a sliding back camera can never be a perfect roundshot camera platform and it will not be used often for this purpose, but you are right,- smetimes it will be used therefor.
anyway, the uncentered nodal point shouldnt create any problem at infinity or even at closer distances. and PS3 became so fantastic in stitching this kind of shots, i would be surprised if there will appear problems.
but the alterantive, an uncentered stativ mount leads to large weigth unbalances if you compose the image, so this seems to be for me unacceptable for this reason.