HP p550 HP p550 Digital Camera - User Manual - Page 46
Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom Switch Point, Image, Maximum, Zoom Factor, Undeteriorated, zoom limit
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Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom Switch Point If you hold the zoom controller towards (Telephoto), the zoom operation will stop when the optical zoom factor reaches its maximum. Momentarily releasing the zoom controller and then holding it again towards (Telephoto) will switch to digital zoom, which you can use to set an even higher zoom factor. • During zoom, a zoom bar on the monitor screen shows the current zoom setting. Focusing range (Displayed for Auto Focus, Macro Focus, and Manual Focus.) Zoom bar Undeteriorated photo quality range Deteriorated photo quality range 1X 12.5X to 84.4X 50.0X to 159.5X Optical/digital zoom switch point * 12.5X optical zoom point Zoom pointer (Indicates current zoom.) Image deterioration • The photo deterioration point depends on the photo size (page 34). The smaller the photo size, the higher the zoom factor you can use before reaching the photo deterioration point. • Though digital zoom generally causes a deterioration of photo quality, some digital zoom without photo deterioration is possible with image sizes of "10M" and smaller. The range in which you can use digital zoom without photo deterioration is indicated on the display. The deterioration point depends on the photo size. Image Size 16M 3:2 16:9 10M 6M 3M VGA Maximum Zoom Factor 50.0X 50.0X 50.0X 59.3X 76.6X 105.4X 159.5X Undeteriorated zoom limit 12.5X 12.5X 12.5X 14.8X 19.1X 26.4X 84.4X 45