•The camera blur warning icon (
) will appear at the center of the LCD monitor and the upper indicator will flash red when there is insufficient light. Activate the flash or secure the camera on a tripod before shooting.
Setting the Zoom
The zoom can be adjusted to any setting in the 35 to 70 mm range for the PowerShot S10 and the 32 to 64 mm range for the PowerShot S20 in 35 mm film equivalent terms.
Telephoto/Wide Angle Settings
Button: zooms in on subject (telephoto). Subject appears closer.
Button: zooms out from subject (wide angle). Subject appears more distant.
Confirm the setting with the zoom indicator.
The digital zoom range is indicated by the blue portion (information view).
Digital Zoom
The digital zoom function can be activated by continuing to press the 
button after it seems to have reached the end. It will further zoom the center of the field by 2 or 4 times. (This function combines the optical zoom with a digital teleconverter feature. Please note that the resolution is not enhanced when an image is zoomed.)
The digital zoom can be activated when the LCD monitor is on and the digital zoom function (p. 47) is set to On in the Recording menu.
•The image shown in the LCD monitor will be coarse when the digital zoom is active. You can confirm the true quality of the recorded image immediately after recording. See Review Feature. (p. 48)
Shortcut
button with the lens zoomed out to its furthest extent to activate the digital zoom function directly.
Basic functions
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