Does the no parallax point need to be discovered for ever scene?

Capturing
1

I acquired a panorama tripod head and have been trying to figure out how to stitch a 360 single row panorama.

I had thought I’d done an adequate job of finding the no parallax point, but I can’t get a good stitch using hugin. The power lines in the background do not line up.

From what I’ve read, it seems you’d calculate the no parallax point once per lens/body combination. Is that correct?

2

That is correct. Unless you’re using a zoom lens, in which case the NPP (or LPP - Least Parallax Point) will drift.

2 Likes
3

The easy way to find the no parallax point is to stop down using DOF preview and look at where the iris appears to be.

2 Likes
4

Thanks! No zooms here, primes only. :slight_smile:

5

The first link on the panotools wiki has a good description of a couple of methods for finding it:

http://www.johnhpanos.com/epcalib.htm

1 Like