Hi all,
I'm hoping to buy myself an RSS rail to help to some quality panoramics. RSS offer two possibilities, the MPR-CL (6" slide) or the MPR-CL II (7.44" slide). The site states:
Note: The MPR-CL is only 6 inches long. Unfortunately, this is not long enough to properly position the camera when shooting panos with some zoom lenses. The MPR-CL is long enough if the front nodal point is less than 110mm from the film plane. If shooting panos with a zoom lens, please roughly estimate the nodal point on your lens first before choosing.
Well, that's fair enough, however it raises two questions:
1) Is there a database of of nodal points somewhere so that I can check which one I need?
2) Will the longer rail cause problems with wide lenses. If I put my 10-22mm on the camera, will I see the 7.44" rail? Have any of you tried this (a long shot, I know).
Thanks,
Tim
I'm hoping to buy myself an RSS rail to help to some quality panoramics. RSS offer two possibilities, the MPR-CL (6" slide) or the MPR-CL II (7.44" slide). The site states:
Note: The MPR-CL is only 6 inches long. Unfortunately, this is not long enough to properly position the camera when shooting panos with some zoom lenses. The MPR-CL is long enough if the front nodal point is less than 110mm from the film plane. If shooting panos with a zoom lens, please roughly estimate the nodal point on your lens first before choosing.
Well, that's fair enough, however it raises two questions:
1) Is there a database of of nodal points somewhere so that I can check which one I need?
2) Will the longer rail cause problems with wide lenses. If I put my 10-22mm on the camera, will I see the 7.44" rail? Have any of you tried this (a long shot, I know).
Thanks,
Tim