Canon PowerShot SX160 IS User Guide - Page 49

Common, Convenient Features Still Images Movies Zooming In Closer on Subjects (Digital Zoom) When distant subjects are too far away to enlarge using the optical zoom, use digital zoom for up to about 64x enlargement. Zoom Factor 1 Move the zoom lever toward . zzHold the lever until zooming stops. XXZooming stops at the largest possible zoom factor (before the image becomes noticeably grainy), which is then indicated on the screen. 2 Move the zoom lever toward again. XXTo continue magnifying the subject, keep zooming. • Moving the zoom lever will display the zoom bar (which indicates the zoom position). The color of the zoom bar will change depending on the zoom range. - White range: optical zoom range where the image will not appear grainy. - Yellow range: digital zoom range where the image is not noticeably grainy (ZoomPlus). - Blue range: digital zoom range where the image will appear grainy. Because the blue range will not be available at some resolution settings (=55) the maximum zoom factor can be achieved by following step 1. • Zoomed images may look grainy, under some resolution settings (=55) and zoom factors. In this case, the zoom factor is shown in blue. • Focal length when optical and digital zoom are combined is as follows (35mm film equivalent). 28 - 1792 mm (28 - 448 mm with optical zoom alone) • To deactivate digital zoom, press the button, choose [Digital Zoom] on the [4] tab, and then choose [Off]. 49