Have you considered an 'under the seat' bag for the extra 3lbs? Obviously, that doesn't change the amount of time for setup in the field but if you had a photographer as part of your group that had brought his/her pano gear, would you have given him/her the time to setup or would you have told them that wasn't allowed. My guess is you would give him the time. If you or your customer didn't abuse the privilege of the extra time at every location, you both win.
Les is probably not able to communicate today as he's out in the wilderness as far as I know... All this gear is WAY too much for me (then again I haul a crap-ton of lighting gear to places I shouldn't).
I believe Les tested a Gigapan a few times but was not at all satisfied with its stability in the field or something like that. He ultimately settled on a bunch of stuff from RRS. He can elaborate on his thoughts when he gets back on the internet.
Curious... how many frames did you end up stitching?
Have you considered an 'under the seat' bag for the extra 3lbs? Obviously, that doesn't change the amount of time for setup in the field but if you had a photographer as part of your group that had brought his/her pano gear, would you have given him/her the time to setup or would you have told them that wasn't allowed. My guess is you would give him the time. If you or your customer didn't abuse the privilege of the extra time at every location, you both win.
Les is probably not able to communicate today as he's out in the wilderness as far as I know... All this gear is WAY too much for me (then again I haul a crap-ton of lighting gear to places I shouldn't).
I believe Les tested a Gigapan a few times but was not at all satisfied with its stability in the field or something like that. He ultimately settled on a bunch of stuff from RRS. He can elaborate on his thoughts when he gets back on the internet.
Curious... how many frames did you end up stitching?