Using the Digital Zoom

2 Press the zoom lever toward and shoot.

zThe combined optical and digital zoom factor will appear on the LCD monitor.

zBased on the number of recording pixels set, the Safety Zoom feature calculates the maximum zoom factor beyond which image quality will

begin to deteriorate. The digital zoom pauses at this zoom factor for a moment, and appears on the LCD monitor (except in mode).

If you press the zoom lever toward again, you can zoom in even closer. In this case, the displayed zoom factor changes from white to blue.

zPressing the zoom lever toward reduces the zoom factor.

Using the Digital Tele-Converter

2 Adjust the angle of view with the zoom lever and shoot.

z and the zoom factor will display on the LCD monitor.

zThe image may appear coarse depending upon the selected recording pixels (the icon and the zoom factor appear in blue).

About the Digital Tele-Converter

A digital tele-converter is a function that reproduces the effect of a tele-converter lens (supplemental lens that extends the zoom factor of a lens) when the digital zoom is used.

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