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Selecting a shooting mode
Selecting a shooting mode
Tips for Sweep Panorama shooting
• In Sweep Panorama, it is recommended that you use a wide-angle lens.
• When you use a lens that has a long focal length, pan or tilt the camera
more slowly than when you use a wide-angle lens.
• Determine the scene and press the shutter button halfway, so that you can
lock the focus, exposure, and white balance.
• If greatly varied shapes or scenery are concentrated along a screen edge,
the image composition may fail. In such cases, adjust the frame
composition so that the section is in the center of the image, then shoot
again.
To change the image size
You can select the image size: MENU button t 1 t [Panorama:
Size].
To set the pan or tilt direction
You can set the direction in which to pan or tilt the camera.
MENU button t 1 t [Panorama: Direction] t Select the desired
setting
To scroll panoramic images (Scroll Playback)
Select a panoramic image, then press the center of the multi-selector.
• Pressing it again pauses the playback. You can scroll a panoramic image
by pressing v/V/b/B during pause.
Pan or tilt the camera in an arc with a
constant velocity and in the same
direction as the indication on the screen.
[Sweep Panorama] is better suited for
still subjects, rather than moving ones.
Radius as short as
possible
Vertical
direction
Horizontal direction