Using the Digital Zoom

Shooting Mode

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

PowerShot SD300 DIGITAL ELPH/DIGITAL IXUS 40: Approx. 4.3x, 5.3x, 6.7x, 8.2x, 11x

PowerShot SD200 DIGITAL ELPH/DIGITAL IXUS 30: Approx. 3.8x, 4.8x, 6.0x, 7.4x, 10x

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

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

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

See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 49).

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

The display will return to the Shooting screen.

4Press the zoom lever toward .

• The combined optical and digital zoom

 

factor appears on 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.

Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.

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