Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 User Manual page 61

Aim to be facing your midway position after 4 seconds and the
completion of the arc in about 8 seconds.
Keep the button fully depressed throughout the entire movement. The
image sequence is terminated when you release the shutter button,
you stop panning the camera or the camera capture window closes.
Noticeable distortion may occur before and after the central point of
the sweep and some joins may be visible if the camera is not held
level during this sweep. There are a number of situations which may
prevent a panorama being recorded. For example if the area contains
a lot of even tone or uniform color and a repetitive pattern, or moving
objects appear in the sequence or the area is illuminated with lights
which result in flickering being reproduced at the selected shutter
speed then these may not be recorded
During a horizontal panoramic capture the image resolution is 8000
pixels by 1080 and during a vertical capture 1440 x 8000.
During playback the image will scroll in the direction of the recorded
motion and looks best when displayed on a TV screen in HD format or
used in a video program where a panoramic sweep can be made from
the 8000 x 1080 pixel image. It gives very superior detail compared to
the equivalent sweep being made with the camera in video mode.
Sports. This mode should be selected if you want to capture a subject
which has large amounts of fast action taking place. The camera will set
a high shutter speed and if necessary raise the ISO to enable this fast
shutter speed to happen, therefore more noise may be noticed in this
mode – especially in poorer lighting conditions.
Panning. This mode is particularly effective if you want to capture an
image of say a motor car, cyclist or other vehicle which will have a
predictable motion which is parallel to the camera.
Select the option in the menu and then chose from the Auto or Shutter-
priority mode.
If you elect to use shutter priority where you want to control the amount
of blur then the pushing in the back control dial will alternate between
exposure compensation mode and setting shutter speed.
There is a technique which has to be learned to get good panning shots.
There is a fine balance between achieving an image with enough
background motion blur and one which has too much subject blur due to
too slow a shutter speed.
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