The action of panning the camera to the left or right is called "panning."
Moving a camera left or right is known as panning.
Yes, it can be for some uses of the word (a panning camera, panning prospectors). It is the present participle of the verb to pan.
Daniel Pollock was born in 1968.
Daniel Laury was born in 1962.
Daniel David was born in 1970.
Daniel Dorff was born in 1956.
The prospectors were panning for gold every day for a month.
Daniel Garibay was born in 1973.
Herbert Daniel was born in 1947.
Daniel Oliver was born on February 6, 1830.
Daniel Brand was born in 1935.