Panasonic PVDV53 PVDV53 User Guide - Page 33

Digital Features Digital Zoom This feature is useful when you want to record close-up shots of subjects located beyond a normal zoom range of 1X to 10X magnification. With the digital zooming feature, you can select a magnification of 25X or even to 700X. Note • Other Digital Functions are turned off automatically when the EIS and Digital Zoom are selected. EVF/LCD Zoom In ("T") D.ZOOM 5POWER ZOOM 3, 4 JOG KEY 1POWER Zoom Out ("W") 2MENU 5REC/PAUSE CAMERA mode 1 Set POWER to CAMERA. 2 Press MENU to display the CAMERA FUNCTIONS menu screen. 3 Rotate JOG KEY to select CAMERA SETUP , then press JOG KEY to display the CAMERA SETUP menu screen. 4 Rotate JOG KEY to select D. ZOOM , then press JOG KEY to select 25X or 700X. 25X : from 10X to 25X 700X : from 10X to 700X OFF : Turn off D.ZOOM • Press MENU to exit. 5 Press REC/PAUSE to start recording and press POWER ZOOM to zoom in or zoom out. • The magnification level is always displayed in the EVF or the LCD monitor when DISPLAY is set to ALL or PARTIAL. (Menu OSD: p. 60) 6 Repeat steps 2~4 to select OFF to cancel this feature. Note • The normal optical zoom functions from 1X to 10X. • As magnification increases, resolution significantly decreases. • Because the image is enlarged digitally, the picture may become distorted when higher magnification levels are used. • When the level falls below 10X, the normal zooming function will resume. • Focus distance becomes 1.2 m (4 feet) if the lens is in full telephoto. Digital Features 33