How do you shoot Panoramic Images

[ctribble]

Do you have to have a wide angle lense to shoot panoramic images? If not, how do you shoot it with a normal lense? Cropping in PS?

[tim]

You can use a wide lens, you can stand back further, or you can take a few shots and stitch them together. Stitching gives you more resolution. Make sure you meter for the highlights and shoot manual, otherwise you'll get banding.

[Monkeymicra]

ive started learning about panaramic photos as i like them and i set the camera in manual and keep the settings the same and take multiple shots and stitch them together with about 1/3 overlap.

i also found that rotating the camera through 90 degrees is a better was as some camera/lenses can give a shading on the left and right of the photo but not the top and bottom so when its stitched together the banding is minimised even less.

i use canon photostitch software that came wit hmy camera to stitch the photos together as it is so easy to use

[ctribble]

What/How do you stitch them together? I have photoelements 2.0 and when I try to "photomerge" it doesn't work very well.

Thanks

[StewartR]

Lots of software recommendations in this thread: Photo stitching software (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=193162).

[Monkeymicra]

i use the canon photostitch software that came with my camera