Before 'going-all-in'...acquiring new/special equipment for panoramas,
try doing some panoramas with the equipment you already have.
Learning the "Nodal Point or Entrance Pupil" of your existing equipment,
and learning how to control it - using the entrance/nodal point to your
advantage - will go a long way towards your goal.
The threads and tutorials linked below apply whether using
film capture, digital capture, or a combined hybrid workflow.
Many of these articles also contain further links to 'Panoramic Stitching & HDR Programs,'
all of which work better if the camera's entrance pupil was properly established, prior to capture.