Manfrotto 303 SPH : Specifications and Opinions

Manfrotto 303 SPH

The Manfrotto 303 SPH is a panoramic head discontinued. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 341 €;

3 users have given it an average vote of 9.0 out of 10.


Type	panoramic head
Max payload	4 kg
Material	Aluminium
Height	32 cm
Weight	2.43 kg
Quick release	Manfrotto 357PLV
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The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.

Daniele1357

sent on 10 Febbraio 2016

Pros: It is not who has impressed me, but still it's a solid object even if the cons are not few.

Cons: Inaccurate. Can not set the nodal point at the point of rotation with adequate precision. It lacks reference points, the stairs usable and readable. Price too high for an object so sloppy.

Opinion: Before buying this head I made the workshop a simple hack to place the focal point in his place. It was a bar of aluminum with 6 holes, a threaded to attack the support of the stand, the other to position the camera with a screw. 5 holes were 5 positions (very accurate) about the nodal points of my two goals, it worked great, but let me just the horizontal movement. Spending a few euro. This Manfrotto panoramic head should finally allow me to create spherical images it is the classic "but I can not", even if it costs on Amazon well over 600 Euro. When we want to put the nodal point to the axis of rotation center we first of all need accurate measurements of its position. In this the tables that are in the network are satisfactory and quite precise. The photographer would like to place the focal point at the center of rotation of the system with adequate precision, already an error millimeter, when shooting at wide angle and shoot from all sides to gain anKing a spherical projection, is not a negligible error. This head sadly does not allow precise positioning, we will have to make jump through hoops to find the correct positions. In particular: - The bar where you set the camera hides millimeter scales, and above all there is no clear position, the camera is screwed on a sled, could not find the exact middle point, in fact you can make a mistake of a few millimeters after strenuous alignments. - The bar which allows you to place the focal point at the center of rotation is also devoid of this scale, or rather a ladder there, but not related to the sensor plane, and no one reads seen disappearing into the sled. It also lacks the precise reference points. In this case it is not difficult to estimate errors of a few millimeters on position. - The vertical bar, which winds to ease the closure, is not guaranteed to be vertical, we have to find the verticality experimentally. Now, it remains in the bottom bar chand it must be prepared so that the lens center axis is at the center of the stand. Also in this case the measurement is random, no point of reference if not a sign "center" that serves no purpose since no one knows how far the lens is from this point. Error would be about 2-3 mm. In short, a head designed by someone who never took the photo spheres, but not simple panoramic with details close to the camera that should be allinealti (such as the paving of a square, for example). I could go on to list building defects, but it seems clear that this is not SPH 303 makes life easier but complicates.

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