Using the Digital Zoom/Digital Tele-Converter

Shooting Mode *

* Digital tele-converter cannot be set.

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

 

 

Enables shooting at zoom factors of

 

 

up to 16x with digital and optical

Standard

35 – 560 mm

zoom combined. In

, this setting

 

 

is only available in Standard

 

 

mode.

 

Off

35 – 140 mm

Enables shooting without digital

zoom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital zoom is fixed at the selected

1.5x

52.5 – 210 mm

zoom factor, and the focal length

 

 

shifts to maximum telephoto. This

 

 

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

 

 

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 Tele-Converter (p. 30)

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