Sony NEX-5 α Handbook - Page 46

Table of contents Sweep Panorama Allows you to create a panoramic image from composed images. Sample photo Menu search search Index 1 [Menu] t [Shoot Mode] t [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 monitor. 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. • The camera continues shooting during [Sweep Panorama] recording, and the shutter keeps clicking until the end of the shooting. • 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 when shooting: - Subjects are moving. - Subjects are too close to the camera. - Subjects with a repeating pattern such as tiles, and subjects with little contrast such as sky, sandy beach, or lawn. - Subjects with constant change such as waves or water falls. - Subjects with the sun or electric lights, etc. that are much brighter than surroundings. • [Sweep Panorama] recording may be discontinued in the following situations: - You pan the camera too fast or too slow. - There is too much camera shake. 46GB Continued r