Using Zoom
Zoom types and use
The zoom ratio changes when the number of recording pixels is changed.
■Optical Zoom
Zooming in up to 20x is possible if pictures without have been selected by [Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu. (→95)
●Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
•Scene Mode ([Panorama Shot])
•[Macro Zoom]
■Extended optical zoom
Zooming in up to 42.2x is possible when pictures with | have been selected by |
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[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu (→95). EZ is short for “Extended optical zoom”. |
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●Extended optical zoom cannot be used in the following cases: |
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• [Intelligent Auto] Mode (when [Motion Deblur] is [ON]) |
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• [Macro Zoom] • Motion picture • When the [Burst] setting is set to |
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•Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.] [High Speed Video])
•[Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])
To increase the zoom ratio further, the following zoom can be used in combination.
■[i.ZOOM]
You can use the camera’s Intelligent Resolution technology to increase the zoom ratio up to 2x higher than the original zoom ratio with limited deterioration of picture quality. Set [i.Resolution] to [i.ZOOM] on the [Rec] menu. (→102)
●When [i.Resolution] is set to [i.ZOOM], Intelligent Resolution technology is applied to the picture.
●[i.ZOOM] does not function in the following cases.
•[Intelligent Auto] Mode (when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])
•Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Handheld Night Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.])
•When the [Burst] setting is set to , or
•[Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])
•[Macro Zoom]
■[Digital Zoom]
Zoom 4x further than Optical/Extended optical zoom. Note that, with Digital Zoom, enlarging will decrease picture quality. Set the [Digital Zoom] in the [Rec] menu to [ON]. (→102)
●Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following modes:
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode • When the [Burst] setting is set to |
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•Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Handheld Night Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.] [High Speed Video])
•[Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect] [Miniature Effect])
●When Digital Zoom is used simultaneously with i.Zoom, you can only increase the zoom ratio up to 2x.
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