Zooming in More Closely on Subjects (Digital Zoom)

Digital Tele-Converter

The focal length of the lens can be increased by approximately 1.5x or approximately 2.0x. This enables a faster shutter speed and less chance of camera shake than the zoom (including digital zoom) used by itself at the same zoom factor.

However, a recording pixel setting (p. 60) of or will cause images to appear coarse (the zoom factor will appear in blue).

Display the menu.

z Press the nbutton.

Choose [Digital Zoom].

zMove the zoom lever to choose the 4tab.

zress the opbuttons or turn the Âdial to choose [Digital Zoom].

Choose the setting.

z Press the qrbuttons to choose a magnification.

z Press the nbutton to complete the setting and restore the shooting screen.

XThe view will be enlarged and the zoom

factor will appear on the screen.

zTo return to standard digital zoom, choose [Digital Zoom] and the [Standard] option.

• The respective focal lengths when using [1.5x] and [2.0x] are 42.0 – 588 mm and 56.0 – 784 mm (35mm film equivalent).

•The digital tele-converter cannot be used together with the digital zoom.

•The shutter speeds may be the same when at maximum telephoto (i), and when zoomed in on the subject using Step 2 on p. 55.

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