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Wouldn’t you like a view of the really big picture?

Ordinary cameras seldom capture the full impact of breathtaking landscapes, city scenes and tall buildings. Even if you’ve got a wide angle lens, it’s hard to squeeze everything into the frame and do the scene justice.

To pack more into the picture, photographers traditionally use the trick of shooting several frames, shifting the camera’s position to capture different parts of the scene. These shots are combined to create one extra-large image. However it’s a fiddly manual process that demands skill and patience to stitch frames together without obvious joins.

Now there’s a fun, easy way to create seamless, ultra-wide pictures with a huge field of view of up to 224 degrees. Even at the lowest horizontal panoramic setting you’ll get a field of view of 108 degrees: that’s equivalent to a wide angle lens with a focal length of just 14mm.

Sweep Panorama takes the hard work out of creating fabulous panoramic shots. And best of all, you don’t need a PC or special software: everything’s done for you inside the camera.

Exclusive to Sony, Sweep Panorama is featured on the Cyber-shot™ WX1, TX1 and HX1. They’re the world’s first compact cameras that automatically capture and combine a high-speed burst of full-resolution images.

Just press the shutter button and sweep the camera from left to right across your scene. It also works vertically, letting you sweep the camera up and down to capture tall buildings in a single, dramatic image. The ultra-fast EXMOR CMOS sensor inside the camera shoots a rapid burst of frames at a speed that many sophisticated SLR cameras can’t match. Frames are then stitched together automatically inside the camera: the whole process takes just three seconds.

Standard Wide mode captures dramatic panoramic shots with detail-packed 4912 x 1080 pixel resolution (40:9 ratio). If you want an even bigger field of view, choose Ultra-wide mode and capture amazing 60:9 images with 7152 x 1080 pixels. You can also hold the camera vertically (in portrait position) and shoot extra-tall panoramas in standard (16:9) or ultra-wide (32:9) modes.

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Enjoy the view

There are lots of ways to enjoy your panoramic pictures. Show them off to beautiful effect with new digital photo frames by Sony. Latest X series and V series frames can ‘pan’ the image smoothly from left to right (or up and down), giving you an incredible view of every detail.

Alternatively, connect the camera to your BRAVIA™ TV or slip a Memory Stick™ into PLAYSTATION®3.

Want hard copies of your panoramas to treasure? Produce them at home on normal-sized paper with photo printers by Sony. Panoramas shot in vertical standard wide (16:9) and vertical ultra wide (32:9) modes can also be printed by your high street photo retailer, or ordered online via www.colourmailer.com* or www.photobox.com*. Specially-sized prints in 40:9 or 60:9 modes can be handled by many specialist printers.

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Feeling inspired? Discover the exciting possibilities of Sweep Panorama with the Cyber-shot™ WX1, TX1 and HX1. With superb imaging quality and powerful features like HD movie recording, they’re perfect for capturing more of the moment – whatever you’re doing.

Learn more about the Cyber-shot™ HX1 with Sweep Panorama
Learn more about the Cyber-shot™ TX1 with Sweep Panorama
Learn more about the Cyber-shot™ WX1 with Sweep Panorama

 
 
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