Zooming in More Closely on Subjects (Digital Zoom)
Digital Tele-Converter
The focal length of the lens can be increased by approximately 1.4x or approximately 2.3x. 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. 55) 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].
zPress the zoom buttons to choose the 4 tab.
zress the op buttons to choose [Digital Zoom].
Choose the setting.
z Press the qr buttons 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 [1.4x] and [2.3x] are approximately 51.8 – 171 mm and approximately 85.1 – 281 mm (35mm film equivalent).
•The digital
•The shutter speeds may be the same when at maximum telephoto (i), and when zoomed in on the subject using Step 2 on p. 49.
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