Tripods essentially come in two parts: the tripod legs, used for support and height, and the tripod head, which is used for positioning and pointing the camera. Often, a tripod is sold with a head as a single item, but with more upmarket tripods the legs and head are usually sold separately so that you […]
Panoramic head
A panoramic head is a tripod head that's been specially adapted for panoramic photography, where overlapping images are captured side by side and stitched together later on a computer. Panoramic heads have markings (in degrees) on the pan axis to help with image alignment and overlaps, and offer forward and back adjustments to the camera position to get the camera's optical center aligned with the panning movement.