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Step 4Camera Setup
To make a good panorama, handhel or not you want the settings to remain constand through all of the exposures, that means everything will need to be set to manual. In order to set a good exposure the following steps can be used
Set to Aperture priority and set the aperture to give good depth of field say 9.0
Take four readings at 90 degrees apart to get the min and max readings.
Average the readings and switch to manual mode, dial in the aperture and shutter speed based on the average.
At this point check the shutter speed isn't too low for handholding, if it is either increase the ISO or increase the aperture size.
Take some test images to see that the detail that you're interested in is coming out (i.e. if the sky is important make sure you're not blowing it out and if some of the darker areas are important make sure they're not underexposed)
Focus on the main subject area of your image and switch to manual focus
Set the white balance to one of the manual modes.
Now you're ready to shoot the scene
Set to Aperture priority and set the aperture to give good depth of field say 9.0
Take four readings at 90 degrees apart to get the min and max readings.
Average the readings and switch to manual mode, dial in the aperture and shutter speed based on the average.
At this point check the shutter speed isn't too low for handholding, if it is either increase the ISO or increase the aperture size.
Take some test images to see that the detail that you're interested in is coming out (i.e. if the sky is important make sure you're not blowing it out and if some of the darker areas are important make sure they're not underexposed)
Focus on the main subject area of your image and switch to manual focus
Set the white balance to one of the manual modes.
Now you're ready to shoot the scene
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