q2: panorama manual errata

[gteague]

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i love shooting panoramas but i'm rarely patient enough to shoot individual images and stitch them. i've had some cameras which did a good job with them and many which borked them badly. i had perfect conditions for one this evening on my walk but i wanted to shoot in vertical mode, not horizontal, and i knew the q2 could do it, but i'd forgotten how. i went ahead and took a horizontal one and it turned out pretty good. when i got back inside i pulled up the manual and it says that hitting either the up or down d-pad cursor would change it to vertical. sadly, you can't seem to choose the direction whether horizontal or vertical. 

but the manual (p75) also says you can change the frame position by using the left and right buttons on the dpad and that doesn't work, those also toggle between horizontal and vertical. as well, the thumbwheel doesn't change the frame width but i have programmed it for ev so perhaps if it was default it might work.

"Changing the frame position ▸ Press the directional pad left or right as needed.
Changing the frame width ▸ Turn the thumbwheel to the left/right (to the left = smaller, to the right = larger)"

/guy

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[marchyman]

I've a Q, not the Q2 so my comments may be irrelevant.   On the Q the frame position/frame width have nothing to do with panoramas and everything to do with the play function.  Hitting play shows the last image taken.  Using the wheel lets me zoom into that image.   Using the left/right pad button lets me view a previous or later image unless I'm zoomed in.  When looking at the last image hitting the right pad button wraps around, showing me the first image on the memory card.  When zoomed in the direction buttons let me pan around the viewed image.

[gteague]

26 minutes ago, marchyman said:

I've a Q, not the Q2 so my comments may be irrelevant.   On the Q the frame position/frame width have nothing to do with panoramas and everything to do with the play function.  Hitting play shows the last image taken.  Using the wheel lets me zoom into that image.   Using the left/right pad button lets me view a previous or later image unless I'm zoomed in.  When looking at the last image hitting the right pad button wraps around, showing me the first image on the memory card.  When zoomed in the direction buttons let me pan around the viewed image.

aha! might have been nice if they'd said those were only for play mode.  

i rarely want to restrict the sweep distance (angle  of view) but i'd also like to have a direction option as the workaround is to turn the camera upside down if you'd like to sweep clockwise in vertical mode.

thanks  mucho! /guy