Using the Digital Zoom/Digital
Shooting Mode *
* Digital
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 | |
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| Enables shooting at zoom factors of | |
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| up to 16x with digital and optical | |
Standard | 35 – 560 mm | zoom combined. In | , this setting |
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| is only available in Standard | |
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| mode. |
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Off | 35 – 140 mm | Enables shooting without digital | |
zoom. |
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| Digital zoom is fixed at the selected | |
1.5x | 52.5 – 210 mm | zoom factor, and the focal length | |
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| shifts to maximum telephoto. This | |
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| enables a faster shutter speed and | |
1.9x | 66.5 – 266 mm | less chance of camera shake than a | |
shot taken at the same angle of view | |||
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| with [Standard] or [Off]. |
zThe digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is turned off.
zThe digital zoom cannot be used in or (Postcard), or (Widescreen) modes.
1(Rec.) Menu[Digital Zoom][Standard]*/ [Off]/[1.5x]/[1.9x].
See Menus and Settings (p. 19).
* Default setting.
zWhen using [Standard]:
See Shooting with the Digital Zoom (p. 30).
zWhen using [1.5x], [1.9x]:
See Shooting with the Digital
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