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Using the Digital Zoom/

Digital Tele-Converter

Available Shooting Modes p. 300

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

28 – 560 mm

Enables shooting at zoom factors of up to

20x with digital and optical zoom combined.

 

 

Off

28 – 140 mm

Enables shooting without digital zoom.

 

 

Digital zoom is fixed at the selected zoom

1.7x

47.6 – 238 mm

factor, and the focal length shifts to

 

 

maximum telephoto.

 

 

This enables a faster shutter speed and

 

 

2.2x

61.6 – 308 mm

less chance of camera shake than a shot

taken at the same angle of view with

 

 

[Standard] or [Off].

Functions Shooting Used Commonly