Canon PowerShot A550 PowerShot A550 Camera User Guide Advanced - Page 31

Shooting With the Digital Zoom

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1 (Rec.) Menu (Digital Zoom) [Standard]*/[Off]/[1.5x]/[1.9x]. See Menus and Settings (p. 19). * Default setting. z When using [Standard] See Shooting With the Digital Zoom (see below). z When using [1.5x] or [1.9x] See Shooting With the Digital Tele-Converter (p. 30). Shooting With the Digital Zoom 2 Press the zoom lever toward and shoot. z The combined digital and optical zoom setting will display in the LCD monitor. z Based on the number of recording pixels set, the Safety Zoom feature calculates the maximum zoom factor beyond which image quality will begin to deteriorate. The digital zoom pauses at this zoom factor for a moment, and appears on the LCD monitor. If you press the zoom lever toward again, you can zoom in even closer. The color of the zoom factor display represents the following. - White: The image quality will not deteriorate. - Blue: The image quality will deteriorate. z Press the zoom lever toward to zoom out. Shooting 29

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Shooting
Shooting With the Digital Zoom
1
(Rec.) Menu
(Digital Zoom)
[Standard]*/[Off]/[1.5x]/[1.9x].
See Menus and Settings (p. 19).
* Default setting.
When using [Standard]
See
Shooting With the Digital Zoom
(see below).
When using [1.5x] or [1.9x]
See
Shooting With the Digital Tele-Converter
(p. 30).
2
Press the zoom lever toward
and shoot.
The combined digital and optical
zoom setting will display in the LCD
monitor.
Based on the number of recording
pixels set, the Safety Zoom feature
calculates the maximum zoom factor
beyond which image quality will begin to deteriorate. The
digital zoom pauses at this zoom factor for a moment, and
appears on the LCD monitor.
If you press the zoom lever toward
again, you can zoom
in even closer. The color of the zoom factor display
represents the following.
- White: The image quality will not deteriorate.
- Blue: The image quality will deteriorate.
Press the zoom lever toward
to zoom out.