How to take panoramic photos with a DSLR
A panorama view of The Bund in Shanghai Most compact cameras will have the panorama photo creating feature built-in and some will have the feature to guide the taking of pre-panoramic photos to be stitch in a PC software tool. A DSLR camera generally takes better quality photos compare to a compact camera, but it does not have the feature to create panorama photos or guide you in taking the pre-panoramic photos. This blog post will show you how to setup your DSLR and take the pre-panoramic photos that to be stitch using a panorama photo stitcher software tool in a PC. Setting Up Switch to Manual mode. Set your aperture to around f5.6 to f8. Set your ISO appropriately according to your lighting. Meter your scenery from left to right to get a good shutter speed (that will get you a good exposure from left to right). If you are taking the pre-panoramic photos handheld, please be mindful of your minimum shutter speed you can use handheld. Find an object that is far away but not infinity.