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 Panorama shots come out best when they’re
taken under bright light. Low-light can
cause all sorts of problems with blurriness
and noise.
 When framing your panorama, the camera
will likely capture LESS vertical
information than what you see in the
viewfinder. Why? Sometimes if you’re not
perfectly level the distortion correction can
get out of hand and the camera will crop the
final image so that there’s no dead space,
like the yellow rectangle below. So make
sure your important subjects are nowhere
near the top or bottom of your frame, and
stay as level as you can!

Figure 5-7: Panning in
the UP direction can
make some great (albeit
distorted) architectural
shots.

Figure 5-8: If you’re sloppy about keeping your camera horizontal, the camera will
likely capture LESS vertical information than what you see in the rear display. Why?
Sometimes if you’re not perfectly level the distortion correction can get out of hand
and the camera will crop the final image so that there’s no dead space, like the yellow
rectangle above. So make sure that no important subjects are anywhere near the top
or bottom of your frame, and stay as level as you can!