Apex omega:I am a professional Photographer in real life, and the photomode options leave a bit to be desired, but some basic photography rules should be applied when making Panoramic.
Only make the center picture Fisheyed.
never use Negative zoom on symmetrical objects.
find an axis point, and only pan left and right, or up and down.
and never change the cameras elevation or position, only the axis.
I'll agree that there photo mode is nowhere near a real d-slr, but its at least usable.
As to your rules, I'll slightly disagree. I think its a matter of technique and I believe that there is more than one way to skin a cat so to speak. It all depends on what your end goal is.
I will agree with the fact that for panos you must find a fixed point and pan in only one direction at a time and never change position or elevation. I have broken these rules in the past and put together a real life 36 shot pano where I physically moved the camera between each shot. It certainly wasnt easy to put together, but the end result was exactly what I was after.
Thanks for your input. I hope you'll continue to post other shots as well.
Creator of the Tsukuba Express Series.