56Still Image Recording Options

NOTES

The drive mode can also be selected from the FUNC. menu ( 27).

DRIVE MODE cannot be used while the FUNC. menu is being displayed.

Creating Panoramic Images

You can shoot a series of overlapping images and merge them on a computer into one large panoramic image using the supplied software (PhotoStitch). For further details about the procedure refer to the software’s instruction manual on the supplied software CD-ROM.

POINTS TO CHECK

( 13) Mode switch:

 Default value

SINGLE

FUNC.

( 27)

FUNC.

Icon of the currently selected

Drive Mode

 

 

 

 

STITCH AST

Press ()

The Stitch Assist screen appears.

FROM THE STITCH ASSIST SCREEN

1Select ( ) the direction in which you will take the sequence of still images.

2Select the recording program and zoom on the subject.

The manual focus and manual exposure adjustment cannot be used with the Stitch Assist mode.

Once the sequence has started, you cannot change the recording program or zoom.

3Press PHOTO to record the first image.

The number of images recorded so far and the direction and number of the next image appear below the image.

4Record the next image so that it overlaps a portion of the previous one. Repeat this step until you complete the panoramic image.

Try to include a distinctive item (landmark, etc.) in the overlapping portion. Minor discrepancies in the overlapping area can be corrected with the software.

You can retake an image using the multi selector ( ) to cancel the image recorded last and return to the previous one.

Up to 26 images can be recorded.

5Press FUNC. after the last image.

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Canon DC22 Creating Panoramic Images, Drive Mode, Press Photo to record the first image, Press FUNC. after the last image

DC22 specifications

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