Pentax Optio RZ18 White Operation Manual - Page 81

Taking Pictures The zoom bar is displayed as follows. Zoom in with high image quality. Zoom in with some degree of image deterioration. Optical zoom range*1 Intelligent Digital Zoom Zoom range*2 range *1 You can zoom in to a maximum of 18× optically. *2 The Intelligent Zoom range differs depending on the number of recorded pixels. See the following table. 3 Recorded pixels and the maximum zoom ratio Recorded Pixels m n/o 6 h h i m Intelligent Zoom Not Available (optical zoom only) Not Available (optical zoom only) Approx. 27× Approx. 40.5× Approx. 43.2× Approx. 51.8× Approx. 130× (Same as Digital Zoom) Digital Zoom Equivalent to approx. 130× • It is recommended to use a tripod or other support to prevent camera shake when taking pictures at high zoom. • Pictures taken in the Digital Zoom range appear grainier than pictures taken in the optical zoom range. • Intelligent Zoom is not available under the following conditions: - When the number of recorded pixels is set to m/n/o (optical zoom is available) - In c (Digital SR) mode - When the sensitivity is set to 3200 or 6400 • The image enlarged using Intelligent Zoom may appear rough on the display. This does not affect the quality of the recorded image. • In C (Movie) mode, only Digital Zoom is available while recording. 79