Panasonic HX-DC3 Owner's Manual page 60

∫ Recording technique
Move the camera toward the direction of recording taking care not to
shake. (Correct recording is not possible when the shake is too big)
∫ About size of still pictures
The sizes of panorama still pictures are as follows.
Panorama setting
(360e PANORAMA)
(180e PANORAMA)
≥ During panorama still picture recording, the zoom function is disabled.
≥ If you record a motion picture with [PANORAMA] set to
PANORAMA) or
available during recording but zoom will be automatically canceled
when you stop.
≥ The panorama still picture that will be recorded will be narrower than
what is displayed in the recording screen.
≥ Panorama still pictures are indicated by
file thumbnail display.
≥ When recording panorama still pictures, the following functions are
disabled and cannot be used.
j [FLASH], [SCENE MODE], [CREATIVE CONTROL], [BURST] and
[SELF TIMER]
≥ The following function does not work with recording panorama still
pictures.
j [E.I.S.(PICTURE)]
≥ When recording panorama still pictures, [FOCUS] is set to
(AUTO).
Horizontal
panorama still
picture
14400k720
7200k720
(180e PANORAMA), zoom operations are
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Picture size
Vertical
panorama still
picture
1280k14400
1280k7200
or in the 1-file or 8-
(360e