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Using the Digital Zoom

When the LCD monitor is on, images can be zoomed to the following
powers with the combined optical and digital zoom functions.
DIGITAL IXUS 500: Approx. 3.8x, 4.9x, 6.1x, 7.6x, 9.3x, 12.0x
DIGITAL IXUS 430: Approx. 4.3x, 5.3x, 6.7x, 8.2x, 11.0x
The digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is turned off.
Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.
1Press the DISP. button to turn the
LCD monitor on.
2In the (Rec.) menu, select .
See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 43).
3
Use
the or button
to select [On]
and press the MENU button.
The display will return to the Rec. screen.
4Press the zoom lever toward .
• The combined optical and digital zoom
factor appears in the upper right of the
LCD monitor.
• When you press the zoom lever toward ,
the zoom stops when the lens reaches the
maximum optical telephoto setting.
Press the zoom lever toward again to
activate the digital zoom and further zoom
the image digitally.
• Press the zoom lever toward to zoom out.