Canon A800 manual Digital Tele-Converter, Choose Digital Zoom, Choose the setting

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 n button.

Choose [Digital Zoom].

zPress the zoom buttons to choose the 4 tab.

zPress the op buttons to choose [Digital Zoom].

Choose the setting.

z Press the qr buttons to choose a magnification.

z Press the n button to complete the setting and restore the shooting screen.

X The 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 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. 49.

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