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Digital Zoom, buttons to adjust zoom

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Basic Photography Zoom The camera offers two types of zoom: optical zoom, in which the camera's telescoping lens can be used to magnify the subject up to 8.3 ×, and digital zoom, in which digital processing is used to further magnify the image up to 4 ×, for a total of about 33 ×. Use the zoom buttons to zoom in and out. • Press the button to zoom out from your subject, increasing the area visible in the frame. Press the button to zoom in on your subject so that it fills a larger area of the frame. The camera is equipped with two- speed zoom: press the buttons fully for high-speed zoom, halfway for normal zoom. Zoom Zoom out in Indicator shows amount of zoom  Normal zoom High-speed zoom • When the camera is zoomed in to maximum magnifica- tion, holding the button down for about one second will trigger digital zoom. The zoom indicator will turn yellow. Use the and buttons to adjust zoom in the digital zoom range. To cancel digital zoom, press until the zoom indicator turns white. Digital Zoom Digital zoom  In digital zoom, data from the camera's image sensor are processed digitally, enlarging the center portion of the picture to fill the frame. Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom does not increase the amount of detail visible in the picture. Instead, details visible at maximum optical zoom are simply enlarged, producing a slightly "grainy" image. 17

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Basic Photography
Zoom
The camera offers two types of zoom: optical zoom, in
which the camera’s telescoping lens can be used to magnify
the subject up to 8.3 ×, and digital zoom, in which digital
processing is used to further magnify the image up to 4 ×,
for a total of about 33 ×.
Use the
zoom buttons to zoom
in and out.
• Press the
button to zoom out from your subject,
increasing the area visible in the frame.
Press the
button to zoom in on your subject so that it fills a larger
area of the frame.
The camera is equipped with
two-
speed zoom
: press the buttons fully for high-speed zoom,
halfway for normal zoom.
Zoom
out
Zoom
in
Indicator shows
amount of zoom
• When the camera is zoomed in to maximum magnifica-
tion, holding the
button down for about one second
will trigger digital zoom.
The zoom indicator will turn
yellow.
Use the
and
buttons to adjust zoom in
the digital zoom range.
To cancel digital zoom, press
until the zoom indicator turns white.
Digital Zoom
In digital zoom, data from the camera’s image sensor are processed digitally, enlarging
the center portion of the picture to fill the frame.
Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom
does not increase the amount of detail visible in the picture.
Instead, details visible at
maximum optical zoom are simply enlarged, producing a slightly “grainy” image.
Digital zoom
Normal zoom
High-speed zoom