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Using the Digital Zoom

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Using the Digital Zoom Shooting Mode You can shoot zoomed images using the combined digital and optical zooms. The focal lengths (35mm film equivalent) and characteristics are as follows. Option On Off Focal Length 28 - 420 mm 28 - 105 mm Characteristics You can shoot at a maximum zoom factor of approximately 15x using a combination of the optical and digital zoom features. Shoots without using the digital zoom. z The digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is turned off. z The digital zoom cannot be used in the or (Postcard mode) or the (Widescreen) mode. 1 (Rec.) Menu [Digital Zoom] [On]*/[Off]. See Menus and Settings (p. 23). *Default setting. 2 Press the zoom lever toward and shoot. zThe combined optical and digital zoom factor will appear on the LCD monitor. zBased on the number of recording pixels set, the Safety Zoom feature calculates the maximum zoom factor beyond which image quality will begin to deteriorate. The digital zoom pauses at this zoom factor for a moment, and appears on the LCD monitor. If you press the zoom lever toward again, you can zoom in even closer. In this case, the displayed zoom factor changes from white to blue. zPressing the zoom lever toward reduces the zoom factor. 36

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You can shoot zoomed images using the combined digital and
optical zooms. The focal lengths (35mm film equivalent) and
characteristics are as follows.
Using the Digital Zoom
Shooting Mode
Option
Focal Length
Characteristics
On
28 – 420 mm
You can shoot at a maximum zoom factor
of approximately 15x using a combination
of the optical and digital zoom features.
Off
28 – 105 mm
Shoots without using the digital zoom.
The digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is
turned off.
The digital zoom cannot be used in the
or
(Postcard
mode) or the
(Widescreen) mode.
1
(Rec.) Menu
[Digital
Zoom]
[On]*/[Off].
See
Menus and Settings
(p. 23).
*Default setting.
2
Press the zoom lever toward
and shoot.
The combined optical and digital
zoom factor will appear on the LCD
monitor.
Based on the number of recording
pixels set, the Safety Zoom feature
calculates the maximum zoom fac-
tor beyond which image quality will
begin to deteriorate. The digital zoom pauses at this zoom
factor for a moment, and
appears on the LCD monitor.
If you press the zoom lever toward
again, you can zoom
in even closer. In this case, the displayed zoom factor
changes from white to blue.
Pressing the zoom lever toward
reduces the zoom factor.