Using the Zoom, Digital Zoom, Frame a Picture

Step 2 Frame a Picture

Using the Zoom

Use the zoom control to activate optical zoom. Rotate the zoom control toward gto zoom in, increasing the size of the subject. Rotate the zoom control toward f to zoom out, increasing the area visible in the frame.

Rotating the zoom control all the way in either direction will adjust the zoom quickly, while rotating the control partially will adjust the zoom slowly.

•When the camera is turned on, the zoom is at the maximum wide-angle position.

•A zoom indicator is displayed at the top of the monitor when the zoom control is rotated.

Zoom out		Zoom in

Optical Digital zoom zoom

Basic Photography

Digital Zoom

When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, rotating and holding the zoom control at gtriggers digital zoom.

Digital zoom can magnify the subject up to about 4× beyond the maximum magnification of the optical zoom.

Maximum optical zoom

Digital zoom enabled

•The camera focuses at the center of the frame and the focus area is not displayed when digital zoom is in effect.

CDigital Zoom and Interpolation

Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom uses a digital imaging process known as interpolation to magnify images, resulting in slight deterioration of picture quality according to the image mode (A47) and digital zoom magnification.

Interpolation is applied at zoom positions beyond Vwhen taking still images.

When zoom is increased beyond the Vposition, interpolation is initiated and the zoom indicator turns yellow to indicate that interpolation is being applied.

The position of Vmoves to the right as image size decreases, allowing for confirmation of the zoom positions at which shooting without interpolation is possible at the current image mode setting.

Small image size

•Digital zoom can be disabled from the Digital zoom option (A182) in the setup menu (A169).

and Playback: A (Auto) Mode

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