Shooting – The Basics

Digital Zoom

Mode Dial

Images can be zoomed with the combined optical and digital zoom functions as follows.

zApproximately 3.8x, 4.9x, 6.1x, 7.6x, 9.3x and 12x

1Press the DISP. button to turn the LCD monitor on.

2In the [ (Rec.)] menu, select

(Digital Zoom).

z See Selecting Menus

and Settings (p. 66).

3Select [On] using the left or right button and press the MENU button.

4Press the zoom lever toward .

z The lens will zoom to the maximum optical telephoto setting and stop. Press the zoom lever toward again to further zoom the image digitally.

z Press the lever toward to zoom back out.

The combined magnifications of the optical zoom and digital zoom are displayed.

5Shoot the image.

z Shooting procedures are the same as for the mode (p. 34).

The digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is off.

z Images become coarser the more they

are digitally zoomed.

z Since camera shake may become a factor when using the digital zoom, the use of a tripod is recommended.

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