Hi Greg, thanks for the all the comments, appreciated!
At the moment, I'm just using a Manfrotto 3-way head, and older version of this
http://www.manfrotto.com/3d-super-pro-head, but that pano head does look tempting.
The ISO6400 was definitely just a stupid mistake, I really dont know what I was thinking, I usually shoot these at 3200, which I know is also a bit high, but I have been trying to compensate for the f3.5 lens.
I have a Tokina 11-16 f2.8 coming today, so my next outing will be a whole new learning experience ;-)