Panoraamapäitä
Panoraamapäitä, often translated as panoramic heads, are specialized tripod heads designed for capturing a series of overlapping photographs that can later be stitched together to create a wide panoramic image. Unlike standard ball heads or pan-tilt heads, panoraamapäitä are engineered to rotate precisely around the nodal point of the camera lens. This nodal point is the optical center of the lens where light rays converge. By rotating the camera around this specific point, parallax errors are minimized. Parallax is the apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different angles, and if not accounted for, it can make stitching panoramic images together difficult or impossible.
These heads typically feature multiple axes of rotation and precise degree markings, allowing photographers to capture