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64 APPLYING | MANUAL MODE

CREATING A STITCHED-TOGETHER

PANORAMIC IMAGE

With many cameras, you can shoot panoramic overlapping photos that you can stitch together later
photos by slowly sweeping or panning the camera (see pp.170–171). This enables you to control the
from side to side or up and down. These photos image’s resolution and shape, and also means that
are easy to shoot, although the downside is that you can shoot in Raw, giving you more scope to alter
the final image can only be saved as a JPEG. A more aspects such as White Balance (WB) to perfect the
time-consuming method, but one that provides a shot later. Set your camera to Manual mode so that
more impressive result, is to shoot a sequence of the exposure stays constant every time you shoot.

PANORAMIC GEAR

You can shoot panoramic sequences
with standard tripod heads. But
having extra equipment, such as
a panning base, will make shooting
panoramas easier. A panning base
attaches below your camera and lets
you rotate it smoothly on the tripod. CHOOSE YOUR LENS SET THE EXPOSURE
A panoramic sequence can be shot Select Manual, an aperture that
with any lens, but lenses that are 50mm or will give you a suitable depth of field,
longer will reduce perspective distortion. and set an appropriate shutter speed.

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