I have a state-of-the-art Nikon N90s 35mm autofocus SLR. I'm not trying to start a Nikon vs. Canon war, but based on my research, this is the preferred film camera for QTVR.

Used for QTVR:

• Nikkor 24mm f2.8D autofocus lens
• Sigma 14mm f2.8EX autofocus lens
• Sigma 8mm f4EX autofocus lens
• Bogen 3011 tripod body
• Kaidan QPS-1 Spherical tripod head
• Bogen 3415 panoramic tripod head
• Nikon MC-20 remote cord
• Various image enhancing lens filters
• Hotshoe double spirit level

Other accessories for this camera:

• Nikkor 105mm f2.8D Micro autofocus lens
• Nikkor 35-70mm f2.8D autofocus zoom lens
• Nikkor 70-300mm f4-5.6D autofocus zoom lens
• Nikon SB-28 TTL speedlight
• Nikon SD-8 battery pack
• Bogen 3230 monopod with legs
• Bogen 3047 tripod head
• Bogen 3422 monopod support with ball head
• Bogen 3126 tripod head
• LumiQuest Promax flash reflector
• Portable backdrop system

I have a 4.1 mega-pixel Olympus C-4040 Zoom digital camera, with a maximum image size of 2272 x 1704. Olympus has been the top choice in digital cameras for the past few years. The lens has a 35mm equivalent range of 35mm - 105mm. I have 16MB & 128MB Smart Media cards to store the panoramas.

Used for QTVR:

• Kaidan Kiwi+ head
• Velbon tripod body

Capturing the data is only the first step in generating the data. Preparing the data for delivery is just as important. I also have a complete DV system for video work.

• Apple PowerMac G5 Computer

• Canon Optura Pi DV Camera
• Nikon Super CoolScan LS-2000 Film Scanner
• HP Photosmart 8450 8-Color Inkjet Printer
• Adobe Creative Suite 2
• Adobe Premiere 6.5
• Discreet Cleaner 6
• Apple Quicktime VR Authoring Studio
• VR Toolbox The VR Worx 2.53
• Helmut Dersch's PT Picker & PanoTools
• Macromedia Director MX 2004
• Macromedia Studio MX 2004
• iSeeMedia Photovista
• QuickTime 7
• Eovia Carrara Professional 4.1.1
• DAZ Productions Bryce 5.5
• Sorenson Squeeze 4.1

I also run an iMac DV SE (snow), an IBM Thinkpad 1451, and have a 750 Mhz Pentium III with 384 Meg RAM, using a removable hard drive system to run multiple OSes, including Windows 2003 Server, XP Professional, ME, NT 4 Server, and various Linux distributions, including Red Hat Linux 9. You can never have enough computers!