Canon PowerShot A530 PowerShot A540 / A530 Manuals Camera User Guide Advanced - Page 35

Using the Digital Zoom

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Using the Digital Zoom PowerShot A540 PowerShot A530 You can shoot zoomed images using the combined digital and optical zooms. z Stills: zoom up to approximately 16 times z Movies (Standard): zoom up to approximately 16 times (PowerShot A540) Movies (Standard): zoom up to approximately 8.1 times (PowerShot A530) The digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is turned off. 1 (Rec.) Menu [Digital Zoom] [On]. See Menus and Settings (p. 23). Shooting 2 Press the zoom lever toward and shoot. z The combined digital and optical zoom setting will display in the LCD monitor. z When you press the zoom lever toward , the zoom stops when the lens reaches the maximum optical telephoto setting (when shooting still images). Press the zoom lever toward again to activate the digital zoom and further zoom the image digitally. z Press the zoom lever toward to zoom out. z An image will appear coarser the more it is digitally zoomed. z Digital zoom can only be used in when shooting movies. z Digital zoom cannot be used in ( , ) mode, or in , , or modes. 33

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Shooting
You can shoot zoomed images using the combined digital and
optical zooms.
Stills: zoom up to approximately 16 times
Movies (Standard)
: zoom up to approximately 16 times (PowerShot A540)
Movies (Standard)
: zoom up to approximately
8.1 times (PowerShot A530)
Using the Digital Zoom
PowerShot A540
PowerShot A530
The digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is
turned off.
1
(Rec.) Menu
[Digital Zoom]
[On].
See Menus and Settings (p. 23).
2
Press the zoom lever toward
and shoot.
The combined digital and optical zoom setting will display in
the LCD monitor.
When you press the zoom lever toward
, the zoom stops
when the lens reaches the maximum optical telephoto
setting (when shooting still images). Press the zoom lever
toward
again to activate the digital zoom and further
zoom the image digitally.
Press the zoom lever toward
to zoom out.
An image will appear coarser the more it is digitally zoomed.
Digital zoom can only be used in
when shooting movies.
Digital zoom cannot be used in
(
,
) mode, or in
,
, or
modes.