Mode Dial; Setting The Panorama Mode - Sanyo Xacti VPC-S500 Owner's Manual

Mode Dial

You can select from seven shooting modes and setup mode according to shooting
conditions to achieve the desired effect.
Mode
1. Program
2. Portrait
3. Panorama
4. Sports
5. Night
6. Setup
7. Video
8. Auto

Setting the Panorama Mode

This mode is designed to make it easier to take a series of shots then stitch them
together with software to make a single photo. You can capture a photographic subject
that won't fit into a single frame, such as a landscape, and stitch it together later with a
program such as Cool 360 or Photoshop application.
1. Rotate the mode dial to
2. Shoot the first image.
The next image appears beside the previous image.
3. Orient the camera so that the second frame overlaps a small portion of the
photographic subject of the first image and press the shutter button to capture the
next image.
4. Follow the same steps to capture subsequent images in the sequence.
5. Finish the sequence by pressing the MENU button or rotate to another mode after
the last image has been recorded.
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Description
Select this mode to permit the ISO, EV, and White
Balance to be set manually.
Select this mode to make people stand out with the
background out-of-focus.
Select this mode to take a series of shots then stitch them
together with software to make a single photo.
Select this mode to shoot fast moving objects.
Select this mode to take photographs of people against a
dusk or night-time background.
Select this mode to adjust the camera settings.
Select this mode to record video clips.
Select this mode to adjust point-and-shoot action.
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