Several digital cameras can shoot panoramic still photos natively by automatically stitching images together in-camera. Here’s a list of cameras that include a built-in panoramic mode:
Sony
Sony Alpha Series (A7, A9, A6000, A6400, A6600, A6700) – “Sweep Panorama” mode, allowing users to sweep across a scene to capture a panoramic image. As the camera shoots the images it also simultaneously stitches them together to create a single panoramic view.
Sony RX100 Series – The RX100 series, especially models like the RX100 VI and VII, feature the “Sweep Panorama” mode for creating panoramic shots.
Fujifilm
Fujifilm X-T Series (X-T30, X-T4, X-T5) and the Fujifilm X100V and Fujifilm X100VI support panoramic shooting with seamless stitching within the camera
Now I have the Fujifilm X-T50 I have more incentive to want to know whether it too has a built-in sweep panorama mode, and it does. The panorama mode is accessed via the camera’s drive menu.
Press the shared Delete/Drive button on the rear of the camera and select the Adv > PANORAMA option from the on-screen menu. Then to shoot, press the shutter button all the way down once, and then sweep the camera in the direction indicated by an on-screen arrow.
Canon
Canon PowerShot Series – Some compact cameras like the PowerShot G7 X Mark III or G5 X Mark II have a built-in panoramic mode.
Canon EOS M Series – Some EOS M-series mirrorless cameras also offer a panoramic sweep function, depending on the model.
Canon EOS R Series – Some EOS R-series mirrorless cameras also offer a panoramic sweep function, depending on the model – such the R50, R6, R6II, R6III, and the R5 models.
Nikon
Nikon Z Series (Z6, Z7, Z9, Z5II, Z6II, Z7II, Z8, and Z9) cameras have an in-camera panorama mode, though it varies slightly depending on the model and firmware.
Nikon Coolpix Series – The Coolpix cameras, like the P1000, offer dedicated panoramic modes.
Panasonic
Panasonic Lumix G Series (G85, G95, G9) have a panorama mode for capturing wide-angle shots natively.
Olympus
Olympus OM-D Series (E-M10, E-M5) – Olympus offers a panoramic function built into many of their OM-D mirrorless cameras.
2. Shooting With A Wide Aspect Ratio Without Stitching
Then there are digital cameras that can shoot 16:9, either natively supporting wide aspect ratios (like 16:9) or have crop modes in wide format:
1. Sony
Sony Alpha Series (A7 III, A7R IV, A7S III, A1)
Sony RX100 Series
Sony RX10 IV
2. Fujifilm
Fujifilm GFX Series (GFX 50S, GFX 100S), Fujifilm X-T Series, including the X-T50, which I have. They do it by cropping from the native 3:2 frame, so the actual number of pixels being recorded is reduced. And bearing in mind that you can crop to 16:9 in post processing, the question is why one would bother with a wide mode. For me the answer is that seeing the framing in the camera is a whole different thing to trying to visualise it and how it will work in post processing.
An aspect ratio of 16:9 is getting there but it is not that extreme, and I would really like a camera that can shoot at a wider aspect ratio.
Ideally, I would like to see an even more extreme aspect ratio like the Widelux film camera that is no longer made. It has a rotating section with a vertical slit that scans across the film and produced wide images on 35mm film that are about two-and-a-third times as long as they are tall.
Then there’s the XPan film camera – a joint venture by Hasselblad and Fujifilm. The aspect ratio was even wider, producing images on 35mm film that are nearly two-and-three-quarters times as long as they are tall.
Then, if you are satisfied with the quality of shots from a phone, the MOOD app that I have on my iPhone 16 shoots at an aspect ratio 3:1
3. Panasonic
Panasonic Lumix G Series (G9, GH5, GH6)
Panasonic Lumix LX100 II
4. Canon
Canon EOS R Series (R5, R6 II, R7, R8)
Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III
5. Nikon
Nikon Z Series (Z6 II, Z7 II, Z9)
Nikon Coolpix P1000
6. Olympus
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus PEN-F
7. Leica
Leica Q2
Leica SL2
Leica D-Lux 8
8. GoPro
GoPro HERO 11 Black