Photography guide

How to shoot panoramas

Use portrait orientation for more vertical resolution and keep roughly 25–35% overlap.

Core principle

Use portrait orientation for more vertical resolution and keep roughly 25–35% overlap.

Practical workflow

Lock exposure, focus and white balance so all frames match.

1. Define the image goal and working conditions.
2. Choose baseline settings and make a test frame.
3. Check focus, histogram and critical image areas.
4. Record the settings that worked and why you changed them.

What to verify before finishing

With a close foreground, rotate around the entrance pupil to reduce parallax errors.

Do not treat a single rule as a guarantee. Conditions, equipment design and output size change the requirements. Record settings and conclusions in the AparatTo planner.