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Hi. I'm going to show you how to shoot a 360 panorama using a regular camera, a regular lens, and a tripod.
This is not the ideal setup, ideally you'd have a panoramic tripod head which allows you to rotate the lens around a certain axis...
. . .here we don't have that - but maybe this is all you've got, so this is how we're going to do it.
You should have your camera in Portrait (Vertical) orientation, not Horizontal (Landscape) orientation; this will give you more vertical space in the final panorama.
Now to prepare for shooting you have to figure out how many shots you need to take in a circle.
Or you can look through the lens each time, and when you turn the camera, make sure there is some overlap.
The pictures should overlap 30% - 50%. Not too much, and not too little. If they're only barely touching, they won't be able to fit together later. Now, I'm going to shoot the photos. . .
Ok, that's a 360 panorama using a regular camera and regular lens. If you're interested in shooting it more seriously, you can get better equipment, but if this is all you've got, it works fine.
Now I'll upload these pictures to PANOMONKEY.COM, they will be stitched into a 360-degree panorama automatically.
For the exposure, it's best if you keep the same exposure and white balance for each picture. You can have it in automatic if you want, but it won't turn out as nicely - there will be variations in different parts of the panorama.
If you don't feel comfortable with manual exposure, that's fine, use automatic. That's all. Happy shooting, have fun! PANOMONKEY.COM