HAIDA 150mm Filter Solution for CANON TS-E 17mm F4

One of my favor len, Canon EF TS-E 17mm F4 … it give sharpness, clarify that I love especially pair with new CANON EOS 5d/5Dsr.

The design of this Len limit ourselves to use filter which is my prefer way to shoot landscape … so I start with Order – Lee Filter Adapter Ring for TS-E 17mm. 

but due to it’s limitation of shift, it may not perfect solution . I still use this as it can use all my existing 100mm square filters.

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recently, Both Lee Filters and Haida provided better solution for CANON TS-E 17mm len. which is 150mm square filter solution. After long wait, finally I have a chance to test the HAIDA 150mm filter solution for TSE17mm. so this is another set of filters, yes real big to be easy handling which is 150mm width ….

but it do allow us without tilt but shift to max on both left-right/top-bottom…..

TSE17 fb

 

you may order this Holder solution HERE

 

update 2015 Aug 31

Sample #1

–> HAIDA 150mm Filters solution

–> Lee Filters GND .6s

–> HAIDA 150mmx150mm CPL

–> no tilt but full shift from max bottom to top

–> no vignette show

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—> pano sample

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Sample #2

–> HAIDA 150mm Filters solution

–> Lee Filters GND .6s

–> HAIDA 150mmx150mm CPL

–> no tilt but full shift from to the right

–> no vignette show

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–> pano result

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a most interesting moment found from my previous Bako National Park trip ..

a Wagler’s pit viper stand still and looking for it’s prey Kendall’s Rock Gecko but the Gecko feel something not right and left after few second stand still … this was capture with 4 pictures panorama merge (previous share how I pano/merge my macro shot)

by 4 pictures

macro panorama

 

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How do I shoot Panorama 360×180

it is not easy to make this without the right tool but I think with handhold + some basic tripod we still able to shoot this … I am using Panaroma head , previously I was using Manfrotto 303SPH but very soon I make decision to change to Nodal Ninja due to the flexibility(dissemble to smaller part) & the weight (it is ~4 times lighter)

Compare the competition and avoid falling into the red.
Below are some full spherical panoramic tripod heads that achieve very similar functions.
(below prices may not reflect current pricing)
Model Approx.
Weight
Approx.
Size Closed
Approx.
Retail Price
Nodal Ninja 3 MKII 1lb 1oz. 7″x2″x2″ $209.95
Nodal Ninja 5Lx 1lb 14oz. 8″x3″x2″ $294.95
Manfrotto 303SPH 4lbs 4oz 11x7x6 $517.95
MK Panohead-II 2lbs 4oz 10″x4″ $780.00
Really Right Stuff (no click stops) 2lbs 9oz 12″x6″x4″ $800.00
Kaidan QuickPan Pro
(OUT OF BUSINESS)
4lbs 12oz 12″x5.5″x3″ $849.95
360Precision Adjuste 2lbs 4oz 8.2″x4″x2.2″ $1,175.00

source from http://www.nodalninja.com/

My original plan for this head is to shoot Panorama shot using UWA wide so I can get higher resolution and wider view of my Landscape shots e.g.

http://www.liewwkphoto.com/gallery4.htm

But I know it can create spherical pano and 360×180 pano still so I had tried few times to make some shots …as below

and it also can create still rotational view @

http://www.liewwkphoto.com/still/PD/whereweshoot/PD2011Feb.htm

But then, how do I shoot this ?

1. we need the tool , and for me Nodal Ninja, DSLR and lenses

2. then the only difficult part is to find the entrance pupil/nodal point , a point where it should maintain the center no matter how we rotate our camera

if you are lucky then yours’ setup should listed @ http://www.nodalninja.com/support/camerasettings.html.. else you need to find one

2i. the bottom axis is fix by camera (refer as A on link above)

the other should depend lenses and focal length (refer as B on link above)

Entrance Pupil

2ii. use a close value base on the web site above put 2 stick together

How to find Entrance Pupil
Where to shoot while find Entrance Pupil

2iii. rotate yours pano head

how I rotate my pano head to get Entrance Pupil

2iv. no matter how we rotate, the 2 stick should maintain at same position

at center

left from center

left from center

right from center

right from center

try to adjust as much as possible to get better result so we can can accurate entrance pupil so all the frame of the picture can stack without any distortion

3. with the correct reading and shoot the series (make sure every pictures have overlap area)

3i. with the software Photoshop or PTGui (pano software) all pictures can be stack together as below

here is the result …

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with the reading above then we have the specify len Entrance Pupil which can use to create panorama or 360×180 pano with the setting just shoot with both A & B reading set on the pano head ….

I will keep this update, which mean I will do more pano using this head in near further .. so stay tune ………

and if you use Canon 5dm2

i. SIGMA24mmF1.8
ii. Canon 24105F4L
iii. Canon 1635L m2
iv. Canon 15mm F2.8

and need the entrance pupils … then drop me a message so I can share my reading to you

MACRO PP II : How I Stitch/Pano for MACRO

I am working on 2 pano MACRO shot … and think this is quite important especially for MP-E65 user.. so just have a quick copy and paste over

Why I need to Stitch ?
I start stitch my macro due to I have my MPE where only do minimum 1:1 (1x life time) and any object that >22mm will not fit in single picture frame … and how I get the whole object into a single picture …… hmmm I am thinking a stitch it …. and I have my very 1st try while outing to Fraser Hill 21 Nov 2008, where I saw plenty of BIG moth and I cannot fit it into a single picture e.g.

12.1 Moth - Hawk Moth ... 1:1

[shot with 1:1] , and this is too big for me and I am thinking how I got the whole moth view .. and I finally did something for a smaller one

12.6 Moth - ID Need ... 1:1

[stitch picture]

12.6 Moth - ID Need ... 2:1

[picture 2:1]

How I do Stitch ???
1. for start, how we shoot

We need to shot picture at same level of view so I normally shot at standard angle where esily to shoot another e.g. face direct view, side view …….. e.g.

How I do Stitch ???
1. for start, how we shoot

We need to shot picture at same level of view so I normally shot at standard angle where esily to shoot another e.g. face direct view, side view …….. e.g.

i. face focus on left eye

ii. focus on right eye

iii. focus on face

2. use Photoshop “Photomerge” option

3. i use “interactive layout”

4. select the file you wish to stitch

5. this will take some time depend how many pictures to stitch and your PC power 😀

– if this is not auto merge then try to move around the picture to try manual to merge the pictures ….

6. click Ok after #5, then it will come out like standard JPEG with multiple layers

7. for the non-cover area, either crop it away or clone it 😀

8. normally I will use multiple shots again to stack the focus area by using method discuss in

“How I Increase My Macro Picture DOF”

…..please comment and let me know if you need further question.

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