Camera Compatibility

To know if your camera will work properly with the Panosaurus you will need to know THREE things.

1. The placement of the tripod hole on your camera.

The picture above shows a standard Digital SLR.
The Panosaurus will work with any camera that has a tripod hole that is "INLINE" with the lens centerline.

The picture above shows the location of a tripod hole on a small digital camera. The Panosaurus will work with any camera that has a tripod hole offset no more than 21mm or 1.25 inches on either side of the lens.

2. The weight of your camera and lens.

The Panosaurus is NOT recommended for any camera and lens combination weighing more than 3.8 lbs or 1.7kg. For more information about weight issues please see the FAQ section in the support pages.

3. An estimate of the distance from the center of your tripod hole to the optical center of your lens.

When using a Digital SLR camera with a long lens the absolute maximum length from the tripod mounting hole of the camera to the optical center of the lens must be no more than 180mm or about 7 inches.

If the tripod hole of your camera is offset from the centerline of the lens then the maximum distance from the tripod mounting hole to the optical center of the lens must be no more than 160mm or about 6.5 inches.

A rough estimate of the optical center of a fixed focal length lens is usually somewhere close to the physical center of the lens. If you look into the front of a lens and locate the pinhole opening, this is where the optical center will lie for most fixed focal length lenses.

Important!!!

Cameras or lenses that have been found to NOT work with the Panosaurs for various unusual reasons:

Canon 1D and 1Ds, Fugifilm S3 Pro, Nikon D1, D2 and D3 and D3X (These cameras are too large and heavy)