Using the Digital Zoom
Shooting Mode 
When the LCD monitor is on, images can be zoomed to approximately 3.8x, 4.9x, 6.1x, 7.6x, 9.3x or 12x with the combined optical and digital zoom functions.
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. 48).
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 (when shooting still images).
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.
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• The digital zoom can also be used in movie mode (standard).
• Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.