Olympus SP 310 SP-310 Advanced Manual (English) - Page 41

Basic shooting functions Zooming in on your subject Using the zoom You can zoom in on your subject using the optical zoom and digital zoom. With the optical zoom, the image is enlarged on the CCD when the lens magnification is changed, and the image is formed by all the CCD pixels. With the digital zoom, the area at the center of the image captured by the CCD is cropped and enlarged. Because digital zoom takes a small area of the picture and enlarges it, the picture becomes grainy as the digital zoom magnification increases. The following zoom magnifications are available on this camera. Optical zoom 3× (equivalent to 38 mm to 114 mm on a 35 mm 3 camera) Optical zoom × digital zoom Max. 15× ([n] mode: Max. 9×) Note that camera movement is likely to occur at higher magnifications. 1 Push or pull the zoom lever. • Zoom out: Push the zoom lever toward W. • Zoom in: Pull the zoom lever toward T. Zoom lever Using the digital zoom Top menu [MODE MENU] [CAMERA] [DIGITAL ZOOM] [ON] g"Using the menus" (P. 17) • For n: Top menu [DIGITAL ZOOM] [ON] 1 Pull the zoom lever toward T. Optical zoom 1/200 F4.0 0.0 Digital zoom 1/200 F4.0 0.0 SQ1 1600×1200 4 SQ1 1600×1200 4 The white area of the zoom indicator indicates the optical zoom. If the [DIGITAL ZOOM] is set to [ON], a red area is displayed on the zoom indicator. When you reach the limit of the optical zoom, the digital zoom is enabled. 41