Canon PowerShot A10, PowerShot A20 manual Using the Zoom, Telephoto/Wide Angle, Digital Zoom

Using the Zoom

The zoom can be adjusted to any setting in the 35 to 105 mm range in 35 mm film equivalent terms.

Telephoto/Wide Angle

button: Press this button to zoom in for a telephoto shot.

button: Press this button to zoom out for a wide-angle shot.

Digital Zoom

When the LCD monitor is on, you can digitally zoom in on a subject with the zoom button once it is at the maximum optical telephoto setting. Images can be zoomed up to 6 times (PowerShot A10), 7.5 times (PowerShot A20), which combines the effect of the optical zoom.

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Hold down the button until the camera stops zooming in.

Now press and hold the

button again. The camera zooms in further. To zoom back out, press the button.

x 7.5

The displayed zoom setting is the combined effect of the optical and digital zooms.

Note that the image appears grainier, the more the image is digitally zoomed.

The digital zoom is not available in the mode.