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Commonly Used Shooting Functions

2 Accept the setting.

1.Use the or button to select [Standard].

2. Press the button.

3 Press the zoom lever toward and shoot.

The combined digital and optical zoom setting will display in the LCD monitor.

The image may appear coarse depending upon the selected recording pixels (the zoom factor appear in blue).

Press the zoom lever toward to zoom out.

Safety Zoom Zone

This camera is equipped with a Safety Zoom feature that shifts from optical zoom to digital zoom without pausing until image quality is lost at any given recording pixel setting. The icon will display at the maximum zoom setting before image quality is lost and you can advance the zoom further by pressing the zoom lever toward the icon again. The Safety Zoom zone changes according to the selected recording pixel setting as shown below.

Safety Zoom Factor

Optical Zoom

Digital Zoom

3.8x Î

 

 

4.8x Î

 

6.1x Î

 

7.8x Î

 

15.0x Î

Zone without deterioration

Zone with deterioration

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Canon IXUS 860 IS appendix Press the zoom lever toward and shoot, Safety Zoom Zone, Safety Zoom Factor