10 Point Panorama Checklist

As a follow-up to How to Shoot Panoramas, here’s a checklist of things to remember.

  • Level your tripod
  • Switch to manual exposure
  • Switch to manual focus
  • Switch to a preset white balance such as Daylight
  • Select an f/stop that gives the necessary depth of field
  • Select an ISO setting that gives reasonable exposure times
  • Don’t use a focal length wider than 50 mm (on a 35 mm camera)
  • Remove the lens hood
  • Don’t use your polarizer filter and be careful with graduated neutral density filters too
  • Start your panorama in the part of the scene that will have the least exposure change if you’re shooting during the twilight.

Have fun out there but also, be careful.

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Author: doinlight

Ralph Nordstrom is an award-winning fine art landscape photographer and educator. He lives in Southern California and leads photography workshops throughout the Western United States.

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