Sony DSC-HX1 Instruction Manual - Page 39

Tips for shooting a panoramic image, Playing back for panoramic images, Horizontal direction - software

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Using shooting functions zTips for shooting a panoramic image Horizontal direction Vertical direction • Pan the camera in an arc with a constant velocity. • Pan the camera in the same direction as the indications on the LCD screen. If the camera shakes while the panning, the joint may not be recorded smoothly. • Pan the camera keeping the radius of the arc as short as possible. • Determine the scene and press the shutter button halfway, so that you can lock the exposure and white balance. • When the whole angle of panoramic shooting and the locked angle are extremely different in brightness, color and focus, the shooting will not be successful. If this happens, change 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 sky, sandy beach, or lawn - Image with constant change such as waves or water falls • Under lights that flicker such as fluorescent light, the brightness or color of the combined image is not always the same. zPlaying back for panoramic images You can scroll panoramic images by pressing z on the control button while panoramic images are played back. Press b/B to scroll images to the horizontal position. Press v/V to scroll images to the vertical position. Shows the displayed area of the whole panoramic image. • Panoramic images are played back with the supplied software "PMB." 39GB

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Using shooting functions
z
Tips for shooting a panoramic image
•
Pan the camera in an arc with a constant velocity.
•
Pan the camera in the same direction as the
indications on the LCD screen. If the camera shakes
while the panning, the joint may not be recorded
smoothly.
•
Pan the camera keeping the radius of the arc as short
as possible.
•
Determine the scene and press the shutter button
halfway, so that you can lock the exposure and white
balance.
•
When the whole angle of panoramic shooting and the
locked angle are extremely different in brightness,
color and focus, the shooting will not be successful.
If this happens, change 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 sky, sandy
beach, or lawn
–
Image with constant change such as waves or
water falls
•
Under lights that flicker such as fluorescent light, the
brightness or color of the combined image is not
always the same.
Horizontal direction
Vertical direction
z
Playing back for panoramic images
•
Panoramic images are played back with the supplied software “PMB.”
You can scroll panoramic images by pressing
z
on the control
button while panoramic images are played back.
Press
b
/
B
to scroll images to the horizontal position.
Press
v
/
V
to scroll images to the vertical position.
Shows the displayed
area of the whole
panoramic image.