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PanoToolsNG@..., "robert_harshman" <image360@...> wrote:
> OK, while true, this mirror system in particular requires a very close
> focus, almost macro lens required. And you don't focus at the subject
> in the mirror but at a fixed point in space beyond the mirror. I've
> used or tried 5 different mirror systems in the past and they all had
> different points of focus at a fixed point for every shot regardless
> of how close or far the subject was.
ah, interesting :)
Can it help to extend the mirror a bit farther from the camera?
> The 0-360 system use to say they supported a 120 vertical FOV, now
> stated as 110? But what they don't say is with any camera I every
> tried with them either the far or near edge will be very soft, even
> for a mirror system, giving you 90-95 degrees of useful vertical FOV
> unless you shoot multiple shots with different points of focus which
> kind of defeats the purpose of a "one" shot system.
Most compact cameras (that I would assume people use with these) don't have a very
good selection of apertures. Would a DSLR with proper lens stepped down enough clear
that up?
> On that note, they are easy to bracket with.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
