Taking Pictures for a Panorama

1

PANORAMA ASSIST

Exit Confirm Help

2

AE-L

10

Highlight

(Panorama assist) in

Default pan direction displayed.

scene menu ( 22).

 

3

 

 

 

Bottom

Right

to top

to left

 

 

Top to Left to

bottom right

Select how pictures will be joined to- gether in completed panorama. This is the direction in which camera will be panned after each shot.

Scene Mode

4

AE-L

Make selection (to return to step 3,

 

press center of multi selector again).

 

 

Pan direction displayed in white. Yel-

 

 

low AE-L icon shows that white balance

 

 

and exposure will lock with first shot.

 

 

10

5

 

Take first shot. About 1/3 of picture is

 

superimposed on view through lens (if

 

 

pan direction is left to right, picture will

 

 

appear on left side of monitor). AE-L

 

 

icon turns white to show that white

 

 

balance and exposure settings for this

 

 

picture apply to all shots in series.

6

7

Compose next shot to overlap with

previous picture.

8

Take next shot. Repeat steps 6–7 un- til all shots in series have been taken.

End series. Shooting will also end if a new mode is selected or camera enters standby mode.

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Nikon COOL PIX S1 manual Taking Pictures for a Panorama

COOL PIX S1 specifications

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