Taking pictures for a panorama – Nikon 3700 User Manual

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Scene Mode

Taking Pictures for a Panorama

Panorama Assist

The pan direction, fl ash mode, macro close-up mode, and exposure compensation can
not be changed after the fi rst picture is taken. To change the pan direction, press the

button to end shooting and repeat steps 1–4, above.

Use a Tripod

Using a tripod makes it easier to compose overlapping shots.

1

2

Pan direction displayed in yellow.

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3

Select how pictures will be joined to-
gether in completed panorama. This
is the direction in which to pan the
camera after each shot.

Select

(Panorama assist)

in scene menu as described in
steps 1–4 of “Taking Pictures in
Scene Mode” (

24).

Top to

bottom

Right

to left

Left to

right

Bottom

to top

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Make selection (to change selected pan
direction, press center of multi selector
and repeat steps 3–4). Pan direction
displayed in white. Yellow AE-L icon in
monitor shows that white balance and
exposure will lock with fi rst shot.

5

Take fi rst picture. About one third of
picture is shown superimposed on view
through lens (if pan direction is left to
right, picture will appear on left side
of monitor). AE-L icon turns white to
show that white balance and exposure
settings for this picture apply to all pic-
tures in series.

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