Pentax 17231 Operation Manual - Page 97

Taking Pictures Recorded pixels and the maximum zoom ratio Recorded pixels 10M 7.5M 7M 5M 3M 1280 1024 640 Intelligent Zoom Not Available (5× optical zoom available) Not Available (5× optical zoom available) Approx. 5.9× Approx. 7.0× Approx. 8.9× Not Available (5× optical zoom available) Approx. 17.8× Approx. 28.5× (Same as 28.5× Digital Zoom) Digital Zoom Equivalent to approx. 28.5× • You are recommended to use a tripod to prevent camera shake when taking pictures at a high magnification rate. 4 • Pictures taken in the digital zoom range appear grainier than pictures taken in the optical zoom range. • Intelligent Zoom is not available under the following conditions. - When the recorded pixels is set to J, 7.5M . (5× optical zoom available) - In C (Movie) mode - In (Underwater Movie) mode - In 4 (Digital SR) mode - In (Report) mode - When the sensitivity is set to 3200 or 6400. • The image enlarged using Intelligent Zoom may appear rough on the display. This does not affect the quality of recorded image. • The types of zoom available in C and modes are Optical Zoom + Digital Zoom, Optical Zoom only, and Digital Zoom only (depends upon the menu settings). • Intelligent Zoom is available regardless of whether Digital Zoom is turned on or off. • The noise from the optical zoom is recorded if it is used when shooting in C and modes. 95