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132 The “Recording” (Camera icon) Menu Settings

when an empty card is inserted. The camera never knows how large your
.jpgs are going to be. It is also interesting to note that, even for the
“standard” (lowest quality) .jpg setting, the compression is very
conservative, and the image quality is still quite high. The image quality
setting has no effect on RAW files.
So, in my personal opinion, it’s always best to record your images at the
largest size (Xfine and/or RAW) that you can afford; as you can rarely
predict ahead of time if a 4”x6” print or a 24”x36” poster will be needed.
Memory cards are pretty cheap nowadays (compared to what you just spent
on this camera!) and the cost of hard disks in terms of dollars per gigabyte
continues to drop.

5.4 PANORAMA (SIZE AND DIRECTION)

Menu Position MENU  1  Panorama: Size,
Panorama: Direction

What These Do Specifies how wide the final sweep
panorama image will be (and indirectly the maximum
number of images the camera will capture in order to
create the sweep panorama)

Recommended Setting Wide / Right or Down (see Figure Figure 5-2: The
5-6) Sweep Panorama
mode.
Constraints None. If you’re in RAW mode, the camera
switches you to .jpg automatically.

In Section 3.8 I gave you a basic overview of how to take a panorama
image using the Sweep Panorama mode. To recap, just turn the exposure
mode dial to the long rectangle (the icon for “sweep panorama”, Figure
5-2), press and hold the shutter release button, and pan from left to right.
You can modify some of the parameters for taking panorama pictures – for
example, you can tell the camera that you want to sweep right-to-left
instead of left-to-right. Or you can even sweep up-to-down or down-to-up
(Figure 5-6). You can change these settings by MENU  1 

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