Casio EX-S880BK Owners Manual - Page 73

■ Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom Switch Point If you hold down the [ ] side of the zoom button in step 2 of the above procedure, the zoom operation will stop when the optical zoom factor reaches its maximum. Momentarily releasing the zoom button and then holding down its [ ] side will switch to digital zoom, which you can use to set an even higher zoom factor. • When the zoom pointer moves past the maximum limit of optical zoom. Also, the zoom bar indicates the approximate zoom factor. Digital Zoom Indicator Undeteriorated Image Quality Deteriorated Image Quality Range Range 1X 3X to 15.1X* 12X to 45.2X* Optical/Digital Switch Point Image Deterioration Point Image starts to deteriorate from here. * Point factor depends on image size. Zoom Pointer (Indicates current zoom.) Zoom Bar Focus Range (Displayed when shooting with Auto Focus, macro, or manual focus.) ● Zoom Values for Each Image Size Undeteriorated Image Deteriorated Image Quality Range Quality Range 8M 1X 3:2 1X 16:9 1X 6M 1X 4M 1X 2M 1X VGA 1X 3X 3X 3X 3.5X 4.2X 6.1X 15.1X 12X 12X 12X 13.7X 16.7X 24.0X 45.2X SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 73