Pan the camera following an on-screen guide to create a single wide-angle (panorama) photo.

1. Rotate the mode dial to Z.

   

2. Use HI to select [Panorama], then press the Q button.

3. Press G, then use HI to highlight the desired panorama type and press the Q button.

   

   z	Take panoramas with an angle of view of approximately double* that of other shots.
   y	Take panoramas with an angle of view of approximately four times* that of other shots.

   Varies with the lens and focal length.

4. Highlight a pan direction using FGHI and press the Q button.

   

5. Press the shutter button halfway to focus.

6. Press the shutter button the rest of the way down to start shooting, and then pan the camera slowly in the direction indicated by the arrow in the display.

   

   • The arrow in the display moves as the camera is panned.
   • To cancel shooting and return to Step 4, press the MENU button.

7. When the arrow in the display reaches the end of the progress bar, shooting will end and the camera will create a panorama.

$ Notes

• Focus, exposure, and the like are fixed at the values in effect at the start of shooting.
• Before the arrow reaches the end of the progress bar, you can press the Q button or press the shutter button again to end shooting and record a panorama from the data recorded to the current point.

• Shooting may be cancelled and an error displayed if:

  the camera is panned too slowly or too quickly/the camera is panned diagonally/the camera is panned in the opposite direction to the arrow in the display/the lens is zoomed in or out/panning does not start within a set period

• Panorama photography may be unavailable with some lenses.