BoPhoto Travle Brackets

Lenses for Spherical Panormas

Nikon FC E8

Nikon FC E9

Rayox 180 PRO

Nikon FC-E8 - RECOMENDEDis the small lens for the Nikon Digital cameras, it works very well for spherical panorama photography.

Nikon FC-E9 - RECOMENDED is the BIG lens for the Nikon Digital cameras, it works very well for spherical panorama photography. It is at least twice as heavy as the FC-E8 and more importantly, it lets through a lot more light.

Raynox DCR-FE 185 Pro - NOT RECOMENDED
This Fisheye Lens does NOT work for stitching, there is a funny bend to the image along the edge, If you shoot one shot straight up, that will solve it, but its not a perfect solution.

The guys a EasyPano said this:
"Our photographers have tested Raynox DCR-FE 185 Pro Fisheye Lens with Panoweaver 3.01. The edges of the fisheye images can not be well stitched. We genuinely apologize for this."
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