Workshop – How to create panoramatic photos

Take a panorama photo in Camera App

if you own modern smart phone , phone camera app have panorama function.

Use panorama function of your phone

if you own modern smart phone , phone camera app have panorama function

Use Pano mode to capture landscapes or other shots that won’t fit on your camera screen.

  1. Choose Pano mode, then tap the Shutter button.
  2. Pan slowly in the direction of the arrow, keeping it on the center line.
  3. To finish, tap the Shutter button again.

Tap the arrow to pan in the opposite direction. To pan vertically, rotate iPhone to landscape orientation. You can reverse the direction of a vertical pan, too.

Examples  done with  iPhone 


For photographers: 360 Panorama – Shoot multiple photos with 8mm and stich it

Technical prerequisites

digital camera ( any )

8mm lens 

tripod with panoramatic head

How to photograph 360 panorama with 8mm lens

1) Mount camera with  8mm lense on tripod with panoramatic head

2) Connect Camera to remote control ( via cord or via tablet/phone) 

3) Set your lense to Manual mode

4) Focus your lenses in Manual mode

5) Set exposition to M mode  ( 8mm,  ISO 100, F/5.6, 1/30 s )

8) Start exposition of photo 1

9) Rotate camera 90 degrees left and do exposition of photo 2

10) Rotate camera 90 degrees left and do exposition of photo 3

11) Rotate camera 90 degrees left and do exposition of photo 4

Computer based Processing steps

1) Stich photos  in application PTGUI 

2) publish 360 photo ( example of 360 web platform ) 


Create 360 pictures and video you can use 360 action camera

To create 360 pictures and video you can use 360 action camera

I experiment with following models:

Nikon Keymission -360  – see workshop for KeyMission 360 camera

Garmin  VIRB 360  – see workshop for VIBR 360 camera