Using the Digital Zoom

When the LCD monitor is on, images can be zoomed to the following powers with the combined optical and digital zoom functions.

PowerShot S500 DIGITAL ELPH/DIGITAL IXUS 500: Approx. 3.8x, 4.9x, 6.1x, 7.6x, 9.3x, 12.0x

PowerShot S410 DIGITAL ELPH/DIGITAL IXUS 430: Approx. 4.3x, 5.3x, 6.7x, 8.2x, 11.0x

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

2In the (Rec.) menu, select .

See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 43).

3Use the or button to select [On] and press the MENU button.

The display will return to the Rec. screen.

4 Press the zoom lever toward .

 

• The combined optical and digital zoom

 

 

 

factor appears in the upper right of the

 

 

 

LCD monitor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• When you press the zoom lever toward

 

 

 

,

 

 

 

the zoom stops when the lens reaches the

 

 

 

maximum optical telephoto setting.

 

 

 

Press the zoom lever toward

 

 

 

again to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

activate the digital zoom and further zoom

 

 

 

the image digitally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Press the zoom lever toward

 

 

 

to zoom out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.

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