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Commonly Used Shooting Functions

Using the Optical Zoom

The zoom can be adjusted from 35 × 140 mm (focal length) in 35mm film equivalent terms. The zoom bar appears when you press the zoom lever.

1 Press the zoom lever toward or .

• Telephoto: Zooms in on the subject.

• Wide Angle: Zooms out from the subject.

Using the Digital Zoom/

Digital Tele-Converter

Available Shooting Modes p. 190

You can combine digital zoom with optical zoom when shooting. The available shooting characteristics and focal lengths (35mm film equivalent) are as follows.

Selection

Focal Length

Shooting Characteristics

Standard

35 – 560 mm

Enables shooting at zoom factors of up to

16x with digital and optical zoom combined.

 

 

Off

35 – 140 mm

Enables shooting without digital zoom.

 

 

Digital zoom is fixed at the selected zoom

1.6x

56 – 224 mm

factor, and the focal length shifts to

 

 

maximum telephoto.

 

 

This enables a faster shutter speed and

 

 

2.0x

70 – 280 mm

less chance of camera shake than a shot

taken at the same angle of view with

 

 

[Standard] or [Off].

Functions Shooting Used Commonly