Sure, they've been shooting panoramas since the days of sepia-tone, but it's never been so easy, and it's never been so def.
Once inside the camera app proper, users can select from a number of different scene modes (though the default scene recognition mode is smart enough to accurately handle most situations) and shoot panoramas to boot, but there isn't much in the way of manual controls outside exposure and metering settings.
In terms of features, the One X's camera clearly outpaces that of the iPhone 4S, as it's pre-loaded with filters, a better editing suite, burst photography, slow-mo and panorama modes and shooting scene configuration.
And there's another character, the beautifully shot desert panorama by Michael Slovis.
The Sony DSC-TX20 (£289; sony.co.uk), which has a 16-megapixel sensor and is slim and stylish, shoots panoramas, 3D images and video as well as regular shots.
This vast film, scored to the sound of wind and sea, shot in panoramas fringed with leaves and lit by high white moons, tells of a woman whose man has disappeared during industrial assaults on the landscape.
By providing a beautiful outlet for them, Paper could get more people shooting and sharing panoramas or portrait videos.
He wanted to capture it in panorama, by shooting from the rooftop of a tall building.
What you do is start the thing up and just wave that iPhone around in a semi-controlled way; the app keeps track of orientation and motion using the accelerometer and gyroscope, and puts together a panorama by shooting on rapid fire.
Shooting modes include auto, HDR, Panorama and portrait, but there seems to be some sort of auto-burst mode inherent in the app.
The app offers a 100percentt viewfinder to show you exactly what you're shooting without blocking the view with interface elements, and also offers a few trick modes for taking pictures including Lens Blur, Panorama, and Photo Sphere.
