Why do Panasonic GX80/GX85 panorama shots look pixelated compared with stitched panoramas?
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On my Panasonic Lumix GX80/GX85, the panorama mode on the mode dial gives results that look pixelated when I zoom in, even on a clear day. I normally shoot overlapping stills and stitch them later in Photoshop or Lightroom, which looks much better. Is the camera’s panorama mode using a lower-resolution method, and is there a setting or shooting orientation that improves image quality?
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If you are holding the camera horizontally and panning from left to right (default) or right to left (available via a menu option) the maximum vertical resolution is limited to 1920 pixels with the standard panorama setting and only 960 pixels in the wide panorama setting. These are quite a bit less than your camera's maximum resolution of 3448 pixels on the short side.
If you hold the camera vertically and pan horizontally you should be able to get the same resolution as when you hold the camera horizontally and pan vertically: 2560 pixels on the shorter dimension with standard selected and 1280 pixels with wide selected.
It is all outlined on pages 77-78 of the Owner's Manual for advanced features for the DMC GX80.
If you want better resolution than that you'll need to take multiple images normally and stitch them together later the way you have been doing it in the past.
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Yes — the GX80/GX85 panorama mode records at a much lower resolution than a full still image, so it can look pixelated when viewed closely.
According to the camera’s panorama specs, the short side is limited to about:
- 1920 px in standard panorama
- 960 px in wide panorama
If you rotate the camera and pan in the other direction, you can get up to about:
- 2560 px in standard panorama
- 1280 px in wide panorama
That is still well below the camera’s normal still-photo resolution, so your manually shot and software-stitched panoramas will usually look better.
So no, you likely haven’t missed anything important — the panorama mode is mainly for convenience, not maximum image quality. If quality matters, keep shooting overlapping stills and stitch them later. If you do use in-camera panorama, check the manual’s panorama options and try the camera orientation that gives the higher short-side resolution.
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