From the course: Shooting and Processing Panoramas

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Locking exposure and focus

Locking exposure and focus

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Locking exposure and focus

- I'm going to temporarily flip my camera into autofocus mode. That looks good. And there are of course alternate focusing strategies. But once it's focused, I need to lock my focus so it doesn't change. What you don't want to see happen is as you pan the camera, it keeps adjusting the autofocus. Otherwise, when you go to blend those images together, you're going to potentially have different focus points and you're going to see an issue with the blending. Another thing to keep in mind is don't shoot it at 1.8. We're shooting landscapes here. We need to see extended depth of field. We want a greater depth of field here, so we're going to use that smaller opening so we keep more things in focus. So, I'll lock that down. I can do that by just flipping the switch there to get out of autofocus mode. And you may have a switch on your lens as well. So, that took it out. Beyond that, I need to make sure I'm in manual mode. Now, if you don't want to be in manual mode, I recommend that you go…

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