Microsoft live labs has published a complete guide for Photosynth photography. the guide is approximately 1mb in size and has a number of tips and tricks for  Photosynth photography. I have taken keyboard shortcuts from that guide and published here because they are the most used and useful for Photosynth photography users.

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Photosynth team has released the second update for Photosynth

• Improved upload success rate. This update should significantly reduce the number of synths failing with error code “0xA000000B”. The problem happens when a file is currupted on it’s way to storage. We’ve added additional retry logic, and beefed up validation on both the client and server.
• Smoother installation on Internet Explorer. Our installer now marks the ActiveX control as “pre-approved” so the IE Information Bar doesn’t get in the way when viewing your first synth.
• Better “Recent” synths. The recent synths view of the explore page now only features synths with at least 10 photos.

The first two fixes are in the installer, and all new installs of Photosynth will include them. Existing users won’t be prompted to upgrade, but you can install the upgrade here if you’re affected.
A big thanks to everyone who reported upload problems and provided debug information. The team is already hard at work on the next update!

Photosynth is a new technology introduced by Microsoft. Photosynth takes photos of places analyze them for similarities and arrange these photos in a 3-dimensional space.Photosynth provides an immersive interface where you can "walk up" to any object in a photograph…or place yourself where the photographer was when the picture was taken.Photosynth provides easy controls for exploring a collection of photos in 3D with a click of a mouse. Imagine being able to see your favorite band from either the front row or the bleachers, walking around that new motorbike you’ve been thinking of buying, or flying over every nook and cranny of a famous landmark.

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