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## Shooting panoramic images

Allows you to create a panoramic image from composite images. The camera also automatically detects people’s faces or moving subjects.

1. Set the mode switch to (Sweep Panorama), then press the ON/OFF (Power) button.

1. Select a shooting direction using the /// (up/down/right/left side) of the control wheel.

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

A: This part will not be recorded.

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.

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
Panorama Shooting Scene
Still Image Size/Panorama Image Size
Functions not available in some REC modes
MENU items not available in some REC modes
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