DRG777 wrote:
I also got my first DSLR in 2008. It had a crop sensor and I used a super zoom lens so that I didn't have to carry or change other lenses. I shoot mostly landscapes, and found that even though this setup had a pretty wide field of view, I was still doing panoramas, and sometimes the software did not combine them right, which was a lot of work to fix.
What software are you using for your panoramas? I use one called Autostitch, which is a 2D stitcher that doesn't require any input from the user except to load the photos (in any order, but they all need to be oriented the same). Some panoramas produced with that product can be found here:
I like the Autostitch product (which I got for free) because it's very easy to use. It only works with photos that have been taken from the same point, though, and if there are any features near the camera it is important to rotate using the front of the lens as the center to avoid parallax problems. (In other words, don't hold the camera at arms length and rotate your body, as would be done with a P&S--try to keep the lens in the same spot.) It is also important to get the exposure the same in all photos to be part of the panorama--I admit I don't always manage to do this, and it shows.