Whitchurch-on-Thames Meadows by Scott Thompson

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28

This is my first Gigapan taken with my Lumix DMC-FZ28 I used a tripod without a pan head. As you can see there are many gaps were I left to little overlap, I also failed to lock the aperture and shutter speed because I wasn’t sure how to do it on my new camera.
I would appreciate some advice especially with what render settings to use.
I use Autopano Giga 2 I didn’t have problems with the stitching although I don’t now if I chose the correct render settings.

Image info

245 input images.
Size: 108032 x 22068
FOV: 95.63 x 25.40
Projection: Planar
Colour: LDR

Camera settings

ISO: 100
White balance: Cloudy
Exposure compensation: 0
Metering: Centre weighted Average.
Aperture and shutter speed: Varied (I failed to lock them)

Render settings.

Output size set to 51%
Depth: 8bits
Dpi: 300

I’m not sure if I’ve chosen the correct render settings as I don’t understand output size, Dpi and bit rates for depth. I don’t intend to print any Gigapans there just for uploading onto the site.