DLSR + Sigma 8mm fisheye + NodalNinja R10 and you are able to make a sphere with 4 shots (or 4x3 in HDR) and little nadir patching or putting logo to nadir.
For "pro" panoshots fisheye and good pano head is a must.
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In theory you can shoot 2 shots with a FX DSLR 24MP and a 8mm sigma lens, problem is, no stiching program want to stich it if you don't add control points yourself. ~36MP resolution.
With a DX DSLR 24MP (crop 1.5) and a sigma 8mm you need to take 4 shots, and PTGui is the program that will stich it for you. ~72MP resolution.
Twice the size as an FX house, strange.
You only need 50MP at most.
NIKON has the best dynamic range and best MP.
Lens to use is SIGMA 8mm.
Cameras to chose from is, D500, D7500, D7200 and D5300. Best camera first.
D500, D7500 are far superior, D7200 is close in their trail, but best bang for the buck is the D5300, even got built in GPS, but only 3 levels of bracketing, which is a bummer, but still better then a Canon.
Sigma lens is +180°, I usually rack up 181-184° with each shot.
The more shots you take, the more problem you get.
Check spheres taken with a mobile phone.
A 15 mm lens will force you to take up to 14 single shots. Resolution could be close to 1GP.
Focus might not be where it should, while the 8mm lens is almost impossible to not have in focus.
Basically a lot of wasted time on the field and in front of the computer.
Not to speak about the odd tripod head you need for this.
Guess a lot of this photos will go directly in the garbage.
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