Zooming in More Closely on Subjects (Digital Zoom)

Digital Tele-Converter

The focal length of the lens can be increased by approx. 1.4x or approx. 2.3x. This enables a faster shutter speed and less chance of camera shake than the zoom (including digital zoom) used by itself at the same zoom factor. The images may appear coarse, however, depending on the combination of recording pixel (p. 76) and digital tele-converter settings used.

Choose [Digital Zoom].

●Press the nbutton.

●Press the qrbuttons to choose the 4 tab.

●Press the opbuttons or turn the Ê dial to choose [Digital Zoom].

Accept the setting.

● ress the qrbuttons to choose a magnification.

●Pressing the nbutton will restore the shooting screen.

XThe view will be enlarged and the zoom factor will appear on the screen.

●To return to standard digital zoom, choose [Digital Zoom] and the [Standard] option.

What if the zoom factor appears in blue?

Using this function at a recording pixel setting of or will cause image deterioration (the zoom factor will appear in blue).

• The respective focal lengths when using [1.4x] and [2.3x] are 39.2 – 147 mm and 64.4 – 241.5 mm (35mm film equivalent).

•The digital tele-converter cannot be used together with the digital zoom.

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