Sony A57 User Manual

• Since the camera judges the settings automatically, many features will be 

unavailable, such as exposure compensation, ISO setting.

• The flash is set to [Autoflash] or [Flash Off] for each Scene Selection mode. You can 

change these settings (pages 42, 78, 128).

• If you cannot pan or tilt the camera across the entire subject within the given time, a 

gray area occurs in the composed image. If this happens, move the camera fast to 
record a full panoramic image.

• Since several images are stitched together, the stitched part will not be recorded 

smoothly. While shooting, do not tilt the camera back and forth, or right and left 
when you swing the camera straight ahead.

• Under low light conditions, panoramic images may be blurred or not be recorded.
• Under lights that flicker such as fluorescent light, the brightness or color of the 

combined image is not always the same.

• When the whole angle of panoramic shooting and the angle in which you fixed the 

focus and exposure with AE/AF lock are extremely different in brightness, color and 
focus, the shooting will not be successful. If this happens, change the lock angle and 
shoot again.

• [Sweep Panorama] or [3D Sweep Panorama] is not suitable when shooting:

– Moving subjects.
– Subjects too close to the camera.
– Subjects with a repeating pattern such as tiles, and subjects with little contrast such 

as sky, sandy beach, or lawn.

– Subjects with constant change such as waves or water falls.
– Subjects with the sun or electric lights, etc. that are much brighter than 

surroundings.

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Shooting expansive scenery, or high-rise buildings with dynamic composition.

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Shooting 3D-images with a sense of depths and viewing them using a 3D-
compatible TV.