Traveling light

[Roger Berry]

Traveling light carrying a big stick,
when I'm out all day shooting this is the equipment I carry with me.
 
Here at The Japur Elephant Festival you can see the wireless remote
around my neck, on my right side is a camera bag with memory cards,
batteries and a 16-35mm lens in it. On my left is a 70-200mm lens.
In my left hand is a K-tek pole with a Canon 5D, Nikkor 10.5mm lens
on it.
This K-tek pole is very light and I can easily slide it under my
belt to have my hands free. When I rode this elephant back through
town I sled the pole under my belt so that I could take pictures
along the way.
http://www.camelphotos.com/camel_forum/picture.php?
albumid=2&pictureid=44
 
Normally when shooting low like this I will walk around behind the
camera using a bullseye level on the camera while taking pictures,
but sometimes I will shoot low like this and just duck down lower.
http://www.camelphotos.com/camel_forum/picture.php?
albumid=4&pictureid=47
 
Here I am shooting a photo with my pole part way extended, my right
hand is also holding the wireless remote.
http://www.camelphotos.com/camel_forum/picture.php?
albumid=4&pictureid=48
 
Cheers,
Roger Berry
http://CamelPhotos.com
http://IndiaVRtours.com
 

[erik leeman-2]

Sorry Roger, even copy-pasting the links I only can see the first
picture. Could you perhaps 'tinyURL' them?

Regards,

Erik Leeman

(www.erikleeman.com)


--- In PanoToolsNG@..., "Roger Berry" <onezebra1@...>
wrote:

>snip...
> http://www.camelphotos.com/camel_forum/picture.php?
> albumid=2&pictureid=44
>  
> http://www.camelphotos.com/camel_forum/picture.php?
> albumid=4&pictureid=47
>  
> http://www.camelphotos.com/camel_forum/picture.php?
> albumid=4&pictureid=48
>  
> Cheers,
> Roger Berry
> http://CamelPhotos.com
> http://IndiaVRtours.com
>

[Roger Berry]

Sorry, I had emailed it to myself first and the links worked when I
opened my mail.
Here it is again.
 
Traveling light carrying a big stick,
when I'm out all day shooting this is the equipment that I carry
with me.
 
Here at The Japur Elephant Festival you can see the wireless remote
around my neck, on my right side is a camera bag with memory cards,
batteries and a 16-35mm lens in it. On my left is a 70-200mm lens.
In my left hand is a K-tek pole with a Canon 5D, Nikkor 10.5mm lens
on it.
http://tinyurl.com/5okjdy

This K-tek pole is very light and I can easily slide it under my
belt to have my hands free. When I rode this elephant back through
town I sled the pole under my belt so that I could take pictures
along the way.
 
Normally when shooting low like this I will walk around behind the
camera using a bullseye level on the camera while taking pictures,
but sometimes I will shoot low like this and just duck down lower as
I turn the camera over my head.
http://tinyurl.com/5vpon6
 
Here I am shooting a photo with my pole part way extended, my right
hand is also holding the wireless remote.
http://tinyurl.com/6me8o8

I have even used this pole setup while riding on the back of camels.
 
Cheers,
Roger Berry
http://CamelPhotos.com
http://IndiaVRtours.com       

--- In PanoToolsNG@..., "erik leeman" <erik.leeman@...>
wrote:

>
> Sorry Roger, even copy-pasting the links I only can see the first
> picture. Could you perhaps 'tinyURL' them?
>
> Regards,
>
> Erik Leeman
>
> (www.erikleeman.com)
>

[Uri Cogan]

Roger Berry wrote:

> Sorry, I had emailed it to myself first and the links worked when I
> opened my mail.
> Here it is again.
>





> http://tinyurl.com/5okjdy <http://tinyurl.com/5okjdy>
>



This photo displays correctly

Browser 'Window' says 'user2_pic44_1215961326.jpg 600x450 pixels'
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5vpon6 <http://tinyurl.com/5vpon6>
>




Nothing on the screen. Browser 'Window' says 'picture.php.gif 1x1 pixels'

> http://tinyurl.com/6me8o8 <http://tinyurl.com/6me8o8>
>




Nothing on the screen. Browser 'Window' says 'picture.php.gif 1x1 pixels'


Browser: Safari 3.1.2 on Mac OS 10.5.4


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[Fernando Chaves-2]

Hi,
I can see the image in the first link, as I could see before (copying  
and pasting the link). The second and third link still pointing to  
blank pages (on win vista + IE7)
Best regards,

Fernando Chaves

Quoting Uri Cogan <uri@...>:

> Roger Berry wrote:
>
>> Sorry, I had emailed it to myself first and the links worked when I
>> opened my mail.
>> Here it is again.
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/5okjdy <http://tinyurl.com/5okjdy>
>>
>
>
>
> This photo displays correctly
>
> Browser 'Window' says 'user2_pic44_1215961326.jpg 600x450 pixels'
>>
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/5vpon6 <http://tinyurl.com/5vpon6>
>>
>
>
>
>
> Nothing on the screen. Browser 'Window' says 'picture.php.gif 1x1 pixels'
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/6me8o8 <http://tinyurl.com/6me8o8>
>>
>
>
>
>
> Nothing on the screen. Browser 'Window' says 'picture.php.gif 1x1 pixels'
>
>
> Browser: Safari 3.1.2 on Mac OS 10.5.4

[AYRTON - avi]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Fernando Chaves <fc@...>
wrote:

> Hi,
> I can see the image in the first link, as I could see before (copying
> and pasting the link). The second and third link still pointing to
> blank pages (on win vista + IE7)


pointing to BLANK on all systems  :-)

AYRTON
on a MAC

>
> Best regards,
>
> Fernando Chaves
>
> Quoting Uri Cogan <uri@...>:
>
> > Roger Berry wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry, I had emailed it to myself first and the links worked when I
> >> opened my mail.
> >> Here it is again.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> http://tinyurl.com/5okjdy <http://tinyurl.com/5okjdy>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > This photo displays correctly
> >
> > Browser 'Window' says 'user2_pic44_1215961326.jpg 600x450 pixels'
> >>
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/5vpon6 <http://tinyurl.com/5vpon6>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Nothing on the screen. Browser 'Window' says 'picture.php.gif 1x1 pixels'
> >
> >> http://tinyurl.com/6me8o8 <http://tinyurl.com/6me8o8>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Nothing on the screen. Browser 'Window' says 'picture.php.gif 1x1 pixels'
> >
> >
> > Browser: Safari 3.1.2 on Mac OS 10.5.4
>
>
>
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[PanoToolsNG.10.m8]

Likewise on both emails, I can only see the first image, but not the 2nd and
3rd.
(XP + Opera 9.2)

Cheers,
Darren.

)-----Original Message-----
)From: AYRTON - avi@...
)
)On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Fernando Chaves
)<fc@...>
)wrote:
)
)> Hi,
)> I can see the image in the first link, as I could see before
)(copying
)> and pasting the link). The second and third link still pointing to
)> blank pages (on win vista + IE7)
)
)
)pointing to BLANK on all systems  :-)
)
)AYRTON
)on a MAC
)
)
)>
)> Best regards,
)>
)> Fernando Chaves
)>
)> Quoting Uri Cogan <uri@...>:
)>
)> > Roger Berry wrote:
)> >
)> >> Sorry, I had emailed it to myself first and the links
)worked when I
)> >> opened my mail.
)> >> Here it is again.
)> >>
)> >
)> >
)> >
)> >
)> >
)> >> http://tinyurl.com/5okjdy <http://tinyurl.com/5okjdy>
)> >>
)> >
)> >
)> >
)> > This photo displays correctly
)> >
)> > Browser 'Window' says 'user2_pic44_1215961326.jpg 600x450 pixels'
)> >>
)> >>
)> >> http://tinyurl.com/5vpon6 <http://tinyurl.com/5vpon6>
)> >>
)> >
)> >
)> >
)> >
)> > Nothing on the screen. Browser 'Window' says
)'picture.php.gif 1x1 pixels'
)> >
)> >> http://tinyurl.com/6me8o8 <http://tinyurl.com/6me8o8>
)> >>
)> >
)> >
)> >
)> >
)> > Nothing on the screen. Browser 'Window' says
)'picture.php.gif 1x1 pixels'
)> >
)> >
)> > Browser: Safari 3.1.2 on Mac OS 10.5.4
)>

[Roger Berry]

Sorry again, I had just set up a photo album on my camel site forum
and had 2 of the photos checked "Private - Only visible to contacts
and moderators" didn't know that would block the links also.
Here's a link to my album if anyone wants to see regular photo that I
took in India:
http://tinyurl.com/5zjwdr

When I'm at these events shooting panos I also have a small point and
shoot Canon G9 on my belt next to my regular camera bag. It doesn't
show up in the photos that I posted but it's there. This smaller
camera allows my to shoot regular photos while shooting panos.

Roger Berry
http://CamelPhotos.com
http://IndiaVRtours.com

[Robert C. Fisher-2]

Roger Great Panos, I think it's kind of Ironic that you work in CA in  
a pretty high tech line of work but spend most of your time away from  
your job in India. Or so it seems. I remember saying your pole was a  
Mic boom From K-Tek what is the length of that?

On Jul 13, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Roger Berry wrote:

> Sorry again, I had just set up a photo album on my camel site forum
> and had 2 of the photos checked "Private - Only visible to contacts
> and moderators" didn't know that would block the links also.
> Here's a link to my album if anyone wants to see regular photo that I
> took in India:
> http://tinyurl.com/5zjwdr
>
> When I'm at these events shooting panos I also have a small point and
> shoot Canon G9 on my belt next to my regular camera bag. It doesn't
> show up in the photos that I posted but it's there. This smaller
> camera allows my to shoot regular photos while shooting panos.
>
> Roger Berry
> http://CamelPhotos.com
> http://IndiaVRtours.com
>

Cheers
Robert C. Fisher
VR Photography/Cinematography

[Roger Berry]

My pole is the K-202 (16.8 feet) but the one I have is a little
longer than what they have on their site, I went down there and they
made it up as I waited, also gave me a good discount on it.
I go to India on my 3 week vacation that I get 2 times a year and
have only been there 5 times in the last 4 years. I'm just fast with
this setup and take a lot of photos!

I can just walk by something like this camel cart, stick my pole in
it, take some shots and be on my way. Gotta be fast.
http://www.indiavrtours.com/pushkar/cart4.html
 
Also I take along a tripod, Canon HV20 camcorder, Merlin Steadicam,
laptop computer and an assortment of other equipment. But mostly I
just use the equipment that I posted in the photos.

Roger Berry
http://CamelPhotos.com
http://IndiaVRtours.com


--- In PanoToolsNG@..., "Robert C. Fisher" <bob@...>
wrote:
>
> Roger Great Panos, I think it's kind of Ironic that you work in CA
in  
> a pretty high tech line of work but spend most of your time away
from  
> your job in India. Or so it seems. I remember saying your pole was
a  
> Mic boom From K-Tek what is the length of that?
>
> On Jul 13, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Roger Berry wrote:
>
> > Sorry again, I had just set up a photo album on my camel site
forum
> > and had 2 of the photos checked "Private - Only visible to
contacts
> > and moderators" didn't know that would block the links also.
> > Here's a link to my album if anyone wants to see regular photo
that I
> > took in India:
> > http://tinyurl.com/5zjwdr
> >
> > When I'm at these events shooting panos I also have a small
point and
> > shoot Canon G9 on my belt next to my regular camera bag. It
doesn't

> > show up in the photos that I posted but it's there. This smaller
> > camera allows my to shoot regular photos while shooting panos.
> >
> > Roger Berry
> > http://CamelPhotos.com
> > http://IndiaVRtours.com
> >
>
> Cheers
> Robert C. Fisher
> VR Photography/Cinematography
>

[Robert C. Fisher-2]

Ah it just seems like you go a lot because of your backlog in  
processing the panos. You always seem to be posting new panos.

I was looking at that one also. I went to NAB this year and ran  
across a couple of guys making mic booms that had some interesting  
stuff. I think the company name had loon in it. I have to find the  
material I picked up.

On Jul 13, 2008, at 9:12 PM, Roger Berry wrote:

> My pole is the K-202 (16.8 feet) but the one I have is a little
> longer than what they have on their site, I went down there and they
> made it up as I waited, also gave me a good discount on it.
> I go to India on my 3 week vacation that I get 2 times a year and
> have only been there 5 times in the last 4 years. I'm just fast with
> this setup and take a lot of photos!
>
> I can just walk by something like this camel cart, stick my pole in
> it, take some shots and be on my way. Gotta be fast.
> http://www.indiavrtours.com/pushkar/cart4.html
>
> Also I take along a tripod, Canon HV20 camcorder, Merlin Steadicam,
> laptop computer and an assortment of other equipment. But mostly I
> just use the equipment that I posted in the photos.
>
> Roger Berry
> http://CamelPhotos.com
> http://IndiaVRtours.com
>

Cheers
Robert C. Fisher
VR Photography/Cinematography

[Roger Berry]

Hi Robert,
The type of shooting that I do with a pole and at some Interesting
angles sure slows down my processing time for making a finished
pano. This elephant one took a few hours to make up.
http://indiavrtours.com/jaipur/elephant_feed4.html
 
There where some bad stitching errors to be fixed, and then I had to
remove myself and a person behind me. Then the back leg up to the
blanket and most of her belly were missing, so I had to remove that
part from a different elephant in a different photo and move it to
this one.

Then there where a number of other little tweaks with PhotoShop
before it was done. Next putting it on the Internet, making up a
HTML page and placing the hotsopts. Maybe 4 hours total. Most take
about 2 hours, and I have around 200 panos on my site.

For now I'm not adding any more panos because I have used up all of
my disk space that I'm aloud and need to find a fast new server for
moving my site to.

Roger Berry
http://CamelPhotos.com
http://IndiaVRtours.com 


--- In PanoToolsNG@..., "Robert C. Fisher" <bob@...>
wrote:
>
> Ah it just seems like you go a lot because of your backlog in  
> processing the panos. You always seem to be posting new panos.
>
> I was looking at that one also. I went to NAB this year and ran  
> across a couple of guys making mic booms that had some
interesting  
> stuff. I think the company name had loon in it. I have to find
the  
> material I picked up.
>
> On Jul 13, 2008, at 9:12 PM, Roger Berry wrote:
>
> > My pole is the K-202 (16.8 feet) but the one I have is a little
> > longer than what they have on their site, I went down there and
they
> > made it up as I waited, also gave me a good discount on it.
> > I go to India on my 3 week vacation that I get 2 times a year and
> > have only been there 5 times in the last 4 years. I'm just fast
with
> > this setup and take a lot of photos!
> >
> > I can just walk by something like this camel cart, stick my pole
in
> > it, take some shots and be on my way. Gotta be fast.
> > http://www.indiavrtours.com/pushkar/cart4.html
> >
> > Also I take along a tripod, Canon HV20 camcorder, Merlin
Steadicam,
> > laptop computer and an assortment of other equipment. But mostly
I

> > just use the equipment that I posted in the photos.
> >
> > Roger Berry
> > http://CamelPhotos.com
> > http://IndiaVRtours.com
> >
>
> Cheers
> Robert C. Fisher
> VR Photography/Cinematography
>

[qsecofr88888]

hello Roger:
thank you for sharing this with us. just one quick question, how do
you maintain the pole in the same position when you turn it 360
degree. any tips to share with me :-)

fatchai


--- In PanoToolsNG@..., "Roger Berry" <onezebra1@...>
wrote:

>
> Traveling light carrying a big stick,
> when I'm out all day shooting this is the equipment I carry with me.
>  
> Here at The Japur Elephant Festival you can see the wireless remote
> around my neck, on my right side is a camera bag with memory cards,
> batteries and a 16-35mm lens in it. On my left is a 70-200mm lens.
> In my left hand is a K-tek pole with a Canon 5D, Nikkor 10.5mm lens
> on it.
> This K-tek pole is very light and I can easily slide it under my
> belt to have my hands free. When I rode this elephant back through
> town I sled the pole under my belt so that I could take pictures
> along the way.
> http://www.camelphotos.com/camel_forum/picture.php?
> albumid=2&pictureid=44
>  
> Normally when shooting low like this I will walk around behind the
> camera using a bullseye level on the camera while taking pictures,
> but sometimes I will shoot low like this and just duck down lower.
> http://www.camelphotos.com/camel_forum/picture.php?
> albumid=4&pictureid=47
>  
> Here I am shooting a photo with my pole part way extended, my right
> hand is also holding the wireless remote.
> http://www.camelphotos.com/camel_forum/picture.php?
> albumid=4&pictureid=48
>  
> Cheers,
> Roger Berry
> http://CamelPhotos.com
> http://IndiaVRtours.com
>

[Roger Berry]

Hi Fatchai,
When the pole is extended up high let it find its own balance, just
hold it lightly to where it wants to stand on its own. Then holding
it steady with one hand and turn it with the other.

For low shot use the bubble level as you walk around behind the
camera.

For odd angles I will often be squatting down with the pole between
my legs, under one leg and over the other or under one leg with my
arm resting ontop of the other leg and holding the pole in my hand.
You know, whatever works!
Also find things to rest the pole up against. For that elephant
photo I had the pole under one leg and resting on the cement in
front of me.

Here are some close-ups of my reg setup.
http://www.camelphotos.com/pic/pano_equipment.jpg

Cheers,
Roger Berry
http://CamelPhotos.com
http://IndiaVRtours.com


--- In PanoToolsNG@..., "qsecofr88888" <fatchai@...>
wrote:
>
> hello Roger:
> thank you for sharing this with us. just one quick question, how
do
> you maintain the pole in the same position when you turn it 360
> degree. any tips to share with me :-)
>
> fatchai
>
>

[panovrx]

--- In PanoToolsNG@..., "Roger Berry" <onezebra1@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Fatchai,
> When the pole is extended up high let it find its own balance, just
> hold it lightly to where it wants to stand on its own. Then holding
> it steady with one hand and turn it with the other.
>

Hi Roger
I had a look at this model pole in a video store the other day and it
would be scary I thought to put a moderately heavy camera like a 5D on
it when it was at full extension. It was certainly extremely light
though. The other misgiving I had about it was that it didnt seem
simple to put a foot on it. I like to have a plate or an L bracket to
step on with a high pole to hold it firm against the ground(and a
swivel base so it can still turn).

Peter Murphy

[Roger Berry]

Hi Peter,
I was told they knew of only one K-Tek pole that had broken and that
was when someone had left it extended laying up against a table and
a 1 ton studio light came crashing down on it.

When extending the pole don't fully extend the top 3 sections, keep
them in around 6 inch's or even a foot if you want it rock stable.
If I need to turn the pole extremely fast for the quickest shots
that I can get I will only have the Pole extended around 12 to 14
feet anyway.

There are cheaper ones out there that may be just as good or even
better but I have only used the K-Tek.
http://tinyurl.com/5tzdf2
 
I don't find any need to have an L-bracket or base on it. Seems like
that would just get in the way. On hard slippery surface I have
put the base between the inside of my right foot and keen to keep it
from moving.

btw the bottom cap unscrews so you should be able to make some kind
of base for it.

Roger Berry
http://CamelPhotos.com
http://IndiaVRtours.com

>
> Hi Roger
> I had a look at this model pole in a video store the other day and
it
> would be scary I thought to put a moderately heavy camera like a
5D on
> it when it was at full extension. It was certainly extremely light
> though. The other misgiving I had about it was that it didnt seem
> simple to put a foot on it. I like to have a plate or an L bracket
to
> step on with a high pole to hold it firm against the ground(and a
> swivel base so it can still turn).
>
> Peter Murphy
>