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Upon activating the panorama peripheral, A new configuration section becomes available all to the bottom right of the page:
This lets you configure everything you need to capture the panorama that you want in the way you want it. The available configuration properties are as follows:
Turning Platform turning speed
The speed at which the camera will turn from one capture position to the next, in revolutions per minute. High values will lead to diminishing precision in repositioning, as well as increased noise level, but the panorama capture will be faster. Adjust this according to your needs.
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Panoramas that go all the way around are certainly impressive, but not the best choice for every situation. So if you need a panorama with a horizontal field of view of less than 360 degrees, you can adjust that here.
Field of view
This is a special parameter that only applies if your panorama is not a full 360 degree panorama. In this case, the panorama motor has to guess the center of the first and the last image so the final result will have the desired angle. Home To do so, it needs to know the horizontal angle of the field of view the camera is set to.
North deviation
If this value is set to 0 (zero), the natural home position of the camera will be treated as facing north when calculating the parking position. In case the camera is not mounted facing north, this value must be set to the angle relative to north in degrees.
The two images above show some examples. The left one shows a camera that was mounted facing north east and the second camera was mounted looking west.
Capture offset
This defines the starting point of your panorama relative to the cameras natural home position, in degrees. We recommend to mount the camera in a way that its natural home points to the beginning of your panorama, but if for some reason this is not possible or you need some fine adjustment at the end, this parameter has you covered.
Weather based parking
If you enable weather based parking then the camera will calculate its next parking position based on the current weather around her. In order for this to work as intended it is crucial that the location and the north deviation are properly configured in the settings.
Fixed parking position
Depending on where the camera is mounted it can be beneficial to define a fixed parking position instead of parking based on the weather. Rule of thumb: Set a fixed parking position if the camera is mounted on or close to a wall and let her face the wall when inactive. For freestanding cameras weather based parking will normally be the better choice.
Color temperature bias
Unified color temperature throughout a panorama can be tricky if there are multiple light sources around, since the camera might apply different color corrections for different images that then get stitched together into a single one. The panocam therefore calculates its own color temperature correction based on the first image in the panorama, and then applies these settings consistently to each individual image. The color temperature bias settings give you an opportunity to influence the result of that correction. You can adjust different biases for day and night, and the panocam will attempt to smoothly interpolate from one into the other at dawn or dusk.
Field of view
This is a special parameter that only applies if your panorama is not a full 360 degree panorama. In this case, the panorama motor has to guess the center of the first and the last image so the final result will have the desired angle. To do so, it needs to know the horizontal angle of the field of view the camera is set to.
Provide a stitching project
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