There are a lot of ways to make panoramas, and some of them are pretty old.
We’re not the first ones to try !
John R. Connon patented the cycloramic panoramic camera, in 1887. It was a camera in which the lens rotated at a speed equal to that of the film moving in the opposite direction. The result was a photograph that captured a very wide field of view. Panoramics photographs became particularly popular during the First World War when they were used to photograph large groups of soldiers (!)
Now, there are of course specific cameras, made for it : the Xpan, the Horizon, the Widelux, the Noblex, and many more…but these cameras are all incredibly expensive.
But worry not!, there are also many fun ways to make a panorama !
Here’s some I’ve tried:
Vivitar IC101
The Vivitar IC101 costs only a few bucks on eBay. It is a ‘fake’ panorama, meaning it crops out the top and bottom of the picture, but the results are quite good.
Manual Winding
ie. with cameras like the Holga or the Diana.
With the Diana for instance, you have to use the “Endless Panorama Mask”, whitch is a 4,65×4,65 mask, especially made for panoramas.
Don’t forget to change your Diana F+ to the small format by switching it on the back to shoot 16 photos. With these parameters, there is almost no space between each picture.
Of course, the toy camera’s random effect is very important, and you can try to turn the winding knob more or less .
It’s possible to use all the roll with only one panorama, here, i tried to make a long 360° picture, but my photo lab has cut them in 3 pictures 
Digital
The last way I have tried is to use the power of your digital camera!
You have a funny method to do it on the Photojojo website: panographies.
I tried, but I’ve to say that it’s rather time consuming to do, because the result is good only if you have a looooooot of pictures to assemble.
And you, how do you make panoramas ? Want to share your favourite panorama shot?
Comments
Holga WPC))
I tried the manual winding method, but forgot how many clicks I was looking out for.
Turned out ok with a bit of photoshop!
Just picked up a Holga WPC
The first time I tried doing the manual winding with the Holga, I forgot to shoot from left to right. You get this sort of effect:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41059959@N00/3667707577/
So remember, folks: shoot left to right