Perfect panoramas & marvellous macro
Capture super-wide landscapes and snap the smallest subjects
The Pano mode enables you to capture wider shots of landscapes and cityscapes. You can find all your panoramas in Photos’ Panorama album.
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subject is too big or too small for your iPhone to capture. When it comes to landscapes (or cityscapes) the iPhone’s Ultra Wide (13mm) camera can capture a wide field of view in Photo mode. Ironically, the Ultra Wide lens is also used to capture macro shots. This is a great way to capture detailed photos of flora and fauna.
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Traditionally DSLR camera users would hold their camera in a vertical (portrait) orientation and take several snaps as they panned to capture a wide landscape. They would then have to stitch five or six shots together in an app such as Photoshop to create a single panoramic image. If the exposure changed during the panning and shooting stage then you’d see bands of slightly different blue skies at the borders of each stitched image. The iPhone’s Pano mode makes it a much easier process to capture a striking panoramic view as we’ll explore here. Instead of capturing a series of separate shots, the iPhone’s Pano mode records a continuous video feed of the scene and simultaneously stitches this feed into a single panoramic image as you pan the iPhone. No post-production stitching is required. However, the Pano mode can be a bit hit and miss. As the panorama is captured over a period of time, you may notice that bits of people disappear or become distorted in the final panoramic shot. This can happen if the people move position or if you pan too fast or too slow. You may also lose parts of the image at the top or bottom of the frame if you tilt up or down during the pan.