Gigapan epic 100 for Panoramas with a Leica M9-P

Why do you want that? For normal panoramas, eg landscapes, you don't even need a tripod - software sorts it out.

For more critical panoramas, to include near distance subjects, you need a nodal rail and pivot rather than one of those Gigapan things, and a Leica is hardly the ideal camera. Pretty useless frankly, without an accurate viewfinder or live view.
 
Yep you are probley right but I have made my mind up to get one (Epic 100) and give it a blast on my M9-P with a new 90mm Summicron.........I was just hoping that I would have found someone else on this forum that has had hands on experience rather that surmising what it would be like..............but anyway thanks for your input Richard, let’s see if anyone else has anything good to say about the gigapan
 
ndwgolf said:
Yep you are probley right but I have made my mind up to get one (Epic 100) and give it a blast on my M9-P with a new 90mm Summicron.........I was just hoping that I would have found someone else on this forum that has had hands on experience rather that surmising what it would be like..............but anyway thanks for your input Richard, let’s see if anyone else has anything good to say about the gigapan
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Gigapan is great if you want what it does, ie complex multi-row panos - up/down as well as left/right, up to 360 degrees, dozens of frames. Very specialised kit.

But you still need a nodal pivot for critically accurate close subject stitching, and a Leica will just make everything a lot harder!
 
HoppyUK said:
Gigapan is great if you want what it does, ie complex multi-row panos - up/down as well as left/right, up to 360 degrees, dozens of frames. Very specialised kit.

But you still need a nodal pivot for critically accurate close subject stitching, and a Leica will just make everything a lot harder!
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Yep that’s exactly what I want it for Richard so that I can make large detailed panoramas to sale on my website; and you are 100% correct saying the Leica is going to be a challenge……………..it has been a huge learning curve for me going from a D3s to a Leica but there is just something about it that keeps the D3s in the dry cabinet and the Leica around my neck.
I have ordered a new Leica M (which has live view) so that will hopefully be a big help in getting the gigapan set up correctly when that comes out in March.
 
Someone on the Leica forum used their M8.2 with the 90mm Elmarit and the Epic 100 and said they got good results.
 
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