Olympus 8080 C-8080 Wide Zoom Reference Manual (English) - Page 96

Panorama shooting You can take advantage of PANORAMA shooting with the Olympus xD-Picture Card. PANORAMA shooting lets you connect pictures with overlapping edges into a single panoramic picture, using the CAMEDIA Master software. Mode dial 1 In the top menu, select MODE MENU CAMERA FUNCTION PANORAMA, and press e. g"Menu basics" (P.38) • The PANORAMA mode is set. 2 Use the arrow pad to choose the direction in which you want the pictures connected. d : Connects the pictures from left to right. b : Connects the pictures from right to left. a : Connects the pictures from bottom to top. c : Connects the pictures from top to bottom. Arrow pad OK button 5 Advanced shooting Connecting pictures from left to right Connecting pictures from bottom to top 3 Take pictures so that the edges overlap. • Focus, exposure and white balance are set by the first picture. Do not select an extremely bright subject (such as the sun) for the first picture. • You cannot adjust the zoom after the first picture. • Panorama shooting is possible for up to 10 pictures. Keeping the area in the frame at the edge of the screen in mind, position the camera so that the same area appears in the frame for the next picture. Compose the picture so that the section that appeared at the right edge of the previous picture (or the left edge if you are connecting pictures from right to left) appears at the left edge of the next picture (or the right edge if you are connecting pictures from right to left). 95