62Commonly Used Shooting Functions
Safety Zoom Zone
Depending on the number of recording pixels set, you can shift from optical zoom to digital zoom without pausing up to a factor where the image quality does not deteriorate (Safety Zoom).
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displays when reaching the maximum zoom factor without image deterioration (not available in 
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Safety Zoom factor
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Zoom Bar Colors
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White: Optical Zoom (Zone without deterioration)
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Yellow: Digital Zoom (Zone without deterioration)
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Blue: Digital Zoom (Zoom with deterioration)