Sony SLT-A37M User Manual - Page 88

Selecting the shooting mode Notes • Since the camera judges the settings automatically, many features will be unavailable, such as exposure compensation, ISO setting. • The flash is set to [Autoflash] or [Flash Off] for each Scene Selection mode. You can change these settings (pages 41, 75, 124). Sweep Panorama/ 3D Sweep Panorama This mode is suitable for z Shooting expansive scenery, or high-rise buildings with dynamic composition. z Shooting 3D-images with a sense of depths and viewing them using a 3D- compatible TV. Set the mode dial to (Sweep Panorama) or Panorama), and shoot images (page 39). (3D Sweep Notes • If you cannot pan or tilt 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. While shooting, do not tilt the camera back and forth, or right and left when you swing the camera straight ahead. • Under low light conditions, panoramic images may be blurred or not be recorded. • 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] or [3D Sweep Panorama] is not suitable when shooting: - Moving subjects. - Subjects 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. 88