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[MOTION PANORAMA 360]

Follow an on-screen guide to take photos that will automatically be joined to form a panorama.

  1. Rotate the zoom ring until the zoom indicator turns white.

  2. To select the angle through which you will pan the camera while shooting, press the selector left. Press the selector up or down to highlight an angle and press [MENU/OK].

  3. Press the selector right to view a choice of pan directions. Press the selector up or down to highlight a pan direction and press [MENU/OK].

  4. Press the shutter button all the way down to start recording. There is no need to keep the shutter button pressed during recording.

  5. Pan the camera in the direction shown by the arrow. Shooting ends automatically when the progress bar is full and the panorama is complete.

    Shooting ends if the shutter button is pressed all the way down during shooting. No panorama will be recorded if the shutter button is pressed before the camera has been panned through 120°.

For Best Results

For best results, move the camera in a small circle at a steady speed, keeping the camera horizontal and being careful only to pan in the direction shown by the guides. If the desired results are not achieved, try panning at a different speed.

Choose for seamless 360° panoramas that can be played back in a loop.

The [SAVE DATA SET-UP] > [SAVE ORG IMAGE] option in the setup menu can be used to record a panorama in addition to a seamless panorama.

Depending on the subject and shooting conditions, the camera may produce distorted results or a panorama. The top and bottom of the area visible in the shooting display are cropped out and white strips may appear at the top and bottom of the display.

Do not rotate the zoom ring during shooting.

Panoramas are created from multiple frames. The camera may in some cases record a greater or lesser angle than selected or be unable to stitch the frames together perfectly. The last part of the panorama may not be recorded if shooting ends before the panorama is complete.

Shooting may be interrupted if the camera is panned too quickly or too slowly. Panning the camera in a direction other than that shown cancels shooting.

The desired results may not be achieved with moving subjects, subjects close to the camera, unvarying subjects such as the sky or a field of grass, subjects that are in constant motion, such as waves and waterfalls, or subjects that undergo marked changes in brightness. Panoramas may be blurred if the subject is poorly lit.