Digital Zoom

Images can be zoomed up to approximately 11 times with the combined optical and digital zoom functions.

Zoom Setting

1

Press the

button to turn the

LCD monitor on.

 

 

 

Turn the mode dial to any shooting

2 mode except for

,

or .

3

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

Zoom].

 

 

See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 39).

4 Select [On] and press the button.

5 Move the zoom lever in the direction of the symbol.

The lens will zoom to the maximum optical telephoto setting and stop. Release the lever and move it toward the symbol again. You can further zoom it digitally to 4.3, 5.3, 6.7, 8.2 or 11 times.

Move it toward the symbol to zoom back out.

6Shoot the image.

Shooting procedures are the same as for the Auto mode (p. 41).

This mode cannot be selected in the ,orshooting modes or for the RAW file format.

Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.

The digital zoom On/Off setting is memorized even when the camera power is turned off so you can skip steps 3 and 4 if you wish to use the same option the next time.

Shooting - Letting the Camera Select Settings 57

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Canon PowerShot G2 manual Digital Zoom, Move it toward the symbol to zoom back out