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Shooting a Panorama Image (Slide Panorama)

With Slide Panorama, you move the camera to compose and record multiple images, which are then combined to a panorama. This feature lets you shoot a panorama of up to 240 degrees, which is dramatically greater than the physical capabilities of the lens.

•The final panorama image can be one of the two sizes shown below. Slide Direction is Right or Left: 5120x720 pixels

Slide Direction is Up or Down: 1280x4320 pixels

•Zoom operations are not supporting during Slide Panorama shooting. The zoom setting is fixed at full wide angle.

•You can use Slide Panorama to shoot a horizontal image up to approximately 240 degrees and a vertical image up to approximately 180 degrees.

•If you shoot a horizontal Slide Panorama image that is less than 240 degrees, the image size will become 60, 120 or 180 degrees.

1.In the REC mode, set the mode dial to s (Slide Panorama).

2.Press [SET] and then use [8] and [2] to select the top Control Panel option (Slide Direction).

3.Use [4] and [6] to select the direction you are planning to move the camera while shooting, and then press [SET].

You can select one of four directions: Right, Left, Up, or Down.

4.Point the camera at the start of the panorama and half-press the shutter button to allow the camera to focus automatically.

5.Press the shutter button the rest of the way down and a slide cursor will appear on the monitor screen. Slowly move the camera in the direction

indicated by the arrow on the screen until the slide cursor reaches the other end of its movement range (i.e. all the way to the right when moving the camera to the right).

• The camera will start composing the panorama image internally when the slide cursor reached the other end of the movement range.

•Image composing also will start automatically if you stop moving the camera during panorama shooting. After you stop moving the camera, the message “Busy... Please wait...” appears as the camera processes the image. Wait until this message disappears before using the camera. Image shooting is disabled while the message is displayed.

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