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For many years I (* ») have enjoyed making panoramic images.  I started with manual single-row panoramas using compact digital cameras.

Those single-row panoramas naturally led to multi-row panoramas, which allow images to be made that far exceed the resolution of the camera used to create them – hence allowing a huge amount of detail to be included in the image, visible by zooming into the image. Multi-row panoramas also allow the use of less-expensive and lighter cameras and lenses because only the central part of each source image is used.

In recent years I have also been using drones and other cameras to take 360-degree panoramas.  These have the advantage that, in addition to 360° viewing, new ‘flat’ images can be created from the 360° panorama by changing the zoom and viewpoint of the image later, using PanGazer » or some similar program.

Here are my notes on creating panoramas along with examples of results. Also in these notes are descriptions and checklists for using a variety of motorised panorama heads.

• Multi-row panoramas, especially using motorised heads.

• 360-degree panoramas, using drones and other cameras.

• Single-row panoramas  (a summary).

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This page was last edited on 2025-02-21 by mfc.