Nikon S3100 - Manual (Page 76)

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Shooting Suited to Scenes (Scene Mode)
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ooting
Shooting for a Panorama
The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame. Use a tripod for the
best results.
1
Press the A button in shooting
mode and use the multi selector to
select p (
Panorama assist) scene
mode (
A 52).
Panorama direction icons are displayed to
show the direction in which pictures will be
joined.
2
Use the multi selector to choose the direction
and press the
k
button.
Select the direction in which pictures will be joined in the
completed panorama; right (I), left (J), up (K) or down
(L).
The yellow panorama direction icon (I I) is displayed for
the current direction and the direction is fixed when
k is
pressed. The icon changes to the white fixed direction I icon.
If necessary, apply flash mode ( A 31), self-timer (A 33), macro mode (A 34) and
exposure compensation ( A 35) settings with this step.
Press the
k button again to choose a different direction.
3
Frame the first portion of the
panorama scene and take the first
picture.
One third of the picture will be displayed as
translucent.
4
Take the next picture.
Frame the next picture so that one third of the
frame overlaps the first picture, and press the
shutter-release button.
Repeat this process until the necessary
number of pictures has been taken to
complete the scene.
Panorama assist
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