Panoramic heads and 360° photography
How to set up a panoramic head, what a motor adds, how turntable product shots work, and which makers sell heads today. In English, German and French.
Guides on this site
How panoramic heads work, in three languages.
Panoramic heads you can buy today
Links go to each maker's own site.
Other meanings and related guides
Other things people mean by "VR head".
Links checked . Prices and current models are on each maker's own site.
Guides
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Panoramic heads: how they work and how to find the no-parallax point
A panoramic head turns the camera around the lens's no-parallax point, so near and far objects line up when the photos are stitched. Types of head, and how to set one up.
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Motorized panoramic heads and GigaPan robots
A motorized panoramic head turns and triggers the camera for you, for gigapixel images, time-lapse and fast spherical panoramas. Where they came from and the main makers.
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360° product photography turntables: how a turntable shoot works
A 360° product photography turntable turns an object in equal steps while the camera stays still, for a spin you can drag online. How to shoot one, and motorized options.
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Panoramic film cameras: fixed-lens and swing-lens, 35mm and 120
Panoramic film cameras come in two kinds: wide fixed-lens cameras such as the Fuji G617 and Hasselblad XPan, and swing-lens cameras such as the Noblex and Widelux. Formats and trade-offs.