My equipment includes the 5D2 which is really needed, 15mm fisheye lens, a good tripod, a very expensive 360Precision Absolute head from the UK, PtGui Pro software, Pano2VR software and then about 3 months of trial and error. To tell you all the steps involved in the process would take me typing pages of info and for me that would take a couple of days. This VR and the flat image was a combination of 19 raw images (six images around x 3 diff exposures sets plus one down and three up if one chooses). All images are shot in a specific sequence where I had to redraw the center of the up view and the down view. PtGui blends them all together through its exposure fusion process with your set parameters but it could not recognize the up view because it could not find any control points in a blank sky. I had to fill in the blank hole at the top with is easier said then done to match the surrounding sky but I choose to identify myself there instead. At the bottom where the tripod is you have to redraw or take a handheld down shot at a shutter speed that you can hold and then manipulate/match/blend the final image together in photoshop and then import to VR using Pano2VR. It takes a lot of work, probably more work then most would be willing to do. I was kind of forced to buy all this equipment so that I could partake in a nice contract job that required us to have this specific stuff. There are others ways of getting similar results but this is by far one of the best setups.
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