Using the Digital Zoom

When the LCD monitor is on, images can be zoomed to approximately 2.6, 3.2, 4.0, 4.9 or 6.4 times with the combined optical and digital zoom functions.

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

2 In the (Rec.) menu, select .

See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 44).

3 Use the 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.

Shooting

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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