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You can use the digital zoom to zoom up to approximately 48x maximum, and
capture subjects that are too far away for the optical zoom to enlarge.

Move the zoom lever toward i.

zHold the lever until zooming stops.
XZooming stops at the largest possible
zoom factor without image deterioration.
The zoom factor will appear on the screen
when you release the zoom lever.

Move the zoom lever toward i

again.

XThe digital zoom will zoom in even further
on the subject.
Zooming In More Closely on Subjects (Digital Zoom)
Zoom Factor
Turning off the digital zoom
To turn off the digital zoom, touch H, then touch n to choose the 4 tab,
and choose [Digital Zoom] and the [Off] option.
The focal lengths when using the optical zoom and digital zoom together
are as follows (all focal lengths are 35mm film equivalent):
28 – 1344mm (28 – 336 mm when using the optical zoom alone)
Depending on the recording pixel setting (p.58) and zoom factor, the
images may appear coarse (the zoom factor will appear in blue).