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92 Quick Guide for the Impatient User

over a period of six seconds.)
6) Once you’re finished, hit the Playback button and you’ll see the entire
image on the rear display. To see it close-up, press the center button of
the joystick and the image will start to scroll right before your eyes. If
you did it well, and there were no moving objects in your shot, the
entire image will look quite seamless.

If you have your panorama mode set to Wide (which means “wider than
‘Standard’” -- Make sure the function dial is set to Panorama and then
MENU  1  Panorama: Size  Wide), what you get is a high-
resolution panorama picture – 12,416 pixels x 1,856 pixels (Figure 3-17).
Most impressive!

There’s much more to say about the Panorama features – and I’ll continue
this subject in Section 5.4.

LCD Screen Protector – I’ve never recommended any of Sony’s LCD protection
products in the past, usually recommending instead similar-sized products from a
company called GGS. Here I’m making an exception: The Sony PCK-LM3AM not
only fits the A77 II’s screen size, but also has small notches in the left corner (also
the right – probably for another camera) so as not to block light to the ambient
light sensor (used to help the camera adjust the LCD brightness automatically). I
do recommend some sort of protection since the naked screen is susceptible to
scratching, hand lotion, and nose grease when the EVF is used.)

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