Other 3D shooting options include 3D Sweep Panorama mode and Sweep Multi Angle.

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Additional new features include HDR panoramic, which takes wide-angle, or "fish-eye, " shots that normally require an expensive digital single-lens reflex camera.

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"Of course, the camera was set to manual and I mounted a wide angle lens that allowed me to include the whole church in the frame, " he says.

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