zThe digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is turned off.

zThe digital zoom cannot be used in or (Postcard), or (Widescreen) modes.

1(Rec.) Menu[Digital Zoom][Standard]*/ [Off]/[1.5x]/[1.9x].

See Menus and Settings (p. 19).

* Default setting.

zWhen using [Standard]:

See Shooting with the Digital Zoom (p. 30).

zWhen using [1.5x], [1.9x]:

See Shooting with the Digital Tele-Converter (p. 31)

Shooting with the Digital Zoom

2Press the zoom lever toward and shoot. zThe combined digital and optical

zoom setting will display in the LCD monitor.

zBased on the number of recording pixels set, the Safety Zoom feature calculates the maximum zoom factor

beyond which image quality will begin to deteriorate. The

digital zoom pauses at this zoom factor for a moment, and

appears on the LCD monitor.

If you press the zoom lever toward again, you can zoom in even closer.

In this case, the zoom factor color has the following meanings:

-White: optical zoom

-Yellow: digital zoom (non-deteriorative)

-Blue: digital zoom (deteriorative)

30zPress the zoom lever toward to zoom out.