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Using the Zoom

The zoom can be adjusted from 36 mm to 108 mm in 35 mm film equivalent
terms.
Telephoto/Wide Angle
Digital Zoom
When the LCD monitor is on, you can shoot with a combined optical and
digital zoom up to approximately 12x with the DIGITAL IXUS 500 and 11x
with the DIGITAL IXUS 430 (p. 62).
The digital zoom is unavailable in some modes (p. 160).
Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.
1Press the zoom lever toward or
.
• Press the zoom lever toward to zoom
in (telephoto).
• Press the zoom lever toward to zoom
out (wide angle).