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Sweep panorama is a killer feature on today’s modern digital cameras, and it works best on the Point & Shoots with fully electronic shutters. On Compact Mirrorless System Cameras and true DSLRs with electro-mechanical shutters it can still be done but the camera has to join several discrete exposures. On a P&S, the image is painted to the file basically one line at a time so the results are generally smoother and more satisfying. Recently I have been experimenting with tall panoramas with a lot of sky above the landscape. It is fun! (Though I am sure I look pretty strange pointing the camera straight up and swinging it down in a arch in front of me.:)

This is Parson’s Way…a long thin park along the rocks leading out to Cape Arundel in Kennebunkport Maine. The view is of Colony Beach, the mouth of the Kennebunk River, and Big Beach and the resorts in Kennebunk. Sony HX400V. Sweep panorama. Nominal exposure: ISO 80 @ 1/2000th @ f5.0.

Processed in Lightroom on my Surface Pro 3.