Sony DSC-W370 Handycam® Handbook - Page 23

Table of contents Operation Search MENU/Settings Search Sweep Panorama Allows you to create a panoramic image from composed images. 1 Set the mode dial to (Sweep Panorama). 2 Point the camera at the edge of the subject, then press the shutter button fully down. 3 Pan the camera to the end, following the guidance on the LCD screen. This part will not be taken Guidance bar Notes • If you cannot pan the camera across the entire subject within the given time, a gray area occurs in the composed image. If this happens, move the camera fast to record a full panoramic image. • Since several images are stitched together, the stitched part will not be recorded smoothly. • Under low light conditions, panoramic images may be blurred. • Under lights that flicker such as fluorescent light, the brightness or color of the combined image is not always the same. • When the whole angle of panoramic shooting and the angle in which you fixed the focus and exposure with AE/AF lock are extremely different in brightness, color and focus, the shooting will not be successful. If this happens, change the lock angle and shoot again. • Sweep Panorama is not suitable for the following situations: - Objects are moving - Objects are too close to the camera - Image with a repeating pattern such as tiles and image with little contrast such as sky, sandy beach, or lawn - Image with constant change such as waves or water falls - Image with the sun or electric lights, etc. that are much brighter than surroundings • You cannot create panoramic images in the following situations: - You pan the camera too fast or too slow - There is too much camera shake Index 23GB Continued r