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## Sweep Panorama

Allows you to create a panorama image from composite images.

1. Set the mode dial to (Sweep Panorama).

1. Select a shooting direction with /// (Up/Down/Left/Right) on the control button.

1. Align the camera with the end of the subject to be shot and press the shutter button fully.

A: That part will not be taken.

1. Pan the camera to the end of the guide (B), following the indication on the screen.

Tips for shooting a panorama image
Pan the camera in an arc at a constant velocity in the direction indicated on the screen. Subjects at rest are more suited for panorama shots than moving subjects.
Radius as short as possible.
Vertical direction
Horizontal direction

- First, press the shutter button halfway so that you can lock the focus, exposure and white balance. Then, press the shutter button fully down and pan or tilt the camera.

- If a section with greatly varied shapes or scenery is concentrated along a screen edge, the image composition may fail. In such case, adjust the frame composition so that the section is in the center of the image, then shoot again.

To shoot a 360 degree panoramic image
This camera is equipped with a panorama shooting function, capable of shooting a near-full 360 degree panoramic image.
Shoot a panoramic image by selecting MENU set [Panorama Image Size] to [360°]. Recorded panoramic images can be scrolled accurately when played on the camera.

- Select a shooting direction with / on the control button. You cannot shoot a panoramic image in a vertical direction with [Panorama Image Size] set to [360°].

- The image actually recorded may not cover 360 degrees, depending on the subject or the way it is shot.

Notes

- If you cannot pan the camera across the entire subject within the given time, a gray area occurs in the composite image. If this happens, move the camera faster to record a full panorama image.

- Since several images are stitched together, the stitched part will not be recorded smoothly.

- When the whole angle of panoramic shooting and the AE/AF locked angle are very different in brightness, color and focus, the shooting will not be successful. If this happens, change AE/AF locked angle and shoot again.

- You cannot create panorama images in the following situations:

- You pan the camera too quickly or too slowly.

- There is too much camera shake.

Related Topic
Scrolling the panorama images for display
Still Image Size / Panorama Image Size / Movie Size
Functions not available in some REC modes
MENU items not available in some REC modes
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