Canon 8120A001 PowerShot G3 Camera User Guide - Page 78

Digital Zoom With the combined optical and digital zoom functions, images can be zoomed as follows. 4.0 times, 5.7 times, 7.1 times, 8.9 times, 11 times, and 14 times 1 Press the button to turn the LCD monitor on. 2 Turn the mode dial to any shooting mode except for 3 In the [ (Rec.)] menu, select [Digital Zoom]. • See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 42). or . 4 Select [On] and press the button. 5 Press the zoom lever toward and hold it. • The lens will zoom to the maximum optical telephoto setting and stop. Release the lever and press it toward again to further zoom the image digitally. • Slide the lever toward to zoom back out. 6 Shoot the image. • Shooting procedures are the same as for the mode (p. 51). The combined magnifications of the optical zoom and digital zoom are displayed. • The digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is off or with the RAW file format. • Some settings are not available with certain Shooting modes. Please refer to Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 204). • Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed. 72