Using Zoom
Your camera has both optical and digital zoom. Optical zoom works like the zoom on a traditional film camera, where physical lens elements move inside the camera to make the subject of your picture appear closer.
After you have extended the lens fully using optical zoom, the camera employs digital zoom. You can use digital zoom when you have exhausted optical zoom and want to capture only a portion of the scene in the Image Display. Digital zoom uses no moving lens parts.
When you use zoom, a zoom indicator appears on the Image Display. The green marker indicates the zoom position
and moves left or right as you press 
and 
.
Zoom Indicator Description
Displays for Normal, Manual, and Infinity focus settings when digital zoom is enabled (see page 118). The white bar indicates the crossover point from optical to digital zoom.
Displays for the Macro focus setting when digital zoom is enabled (see page 118). The thick white bar indicates the crossover point between optical and digital zoom.
Displays for Normal, Manual, and Infinity focus settings when digital zoom is disabled (see page 118).
Displays for Macro focus setting when digital zoom is disabled (see page 118). The white bar to the right indicates the disabled digital zoom area.