Avoiding vertical bands in panorama?

This was taken with the pano mode on Lumix LX7. Is there a way to avoid the vertical banding?

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...pscbf83bae.jpg

Looks like it's adjusting exposure settings as it goes?
May have to shoot panorama manually?

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Originally Posted by JimmyCarter

Looks like it's adjusting exposure settings as it goes?
May have to shoot panorama manually?

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I never really thought about it, but I think this ^^^ is right.

I noticed the issue pretty dramatically on my phone a while back.
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-R...164757_438.jpg

I haven't noticed it on my LX5, but I haven't been stitching many panos lately.

Try Photoshop CC. It does a better job combining images than any other program I have used.

Not really gonna avoid that on most in-phone/-camera panos. It is much better to shoot a series of semi overlapping images with manual focus, white balance, shutter speed, aperture, and ISO.

Then use stand alone software to make the pano. Photoshop works well, as do far cheaper programs... Many of which allow you to tweak how the images are blended.

You'll eventually figure out what makes some images/focal lengths/compositions easier to turn into panos than others.

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Originally Posted by JimmyCarter

Looks like it's adjusting exposure settings as it goes?
May have to shoot panorama manually?

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I agree with JimmyCarter. Your lx7 is Auto adjusting like a slave in attempts to please you

Yes, must be done with manual exposure locked down.