Commonly Used Shooting Functions 67

Using the Digital Zoom/Digital Tele-Converter

See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 238).

You can combine digital zoom with optical zoom when shooting.

The available shooting characteristics and focal lengths (35mm film equivalent) are as follows:

Selection

Focal Length

Shooting Characteristics

 

 

Enables shooting at zoom factors of up to

Standard

36 – 532 mm

15x with digital and optical zoom

combined. In movie mode, only the

 

 

 

 

Standard mode can be selected.

Off

36 – 133 mm

Enables shooting without digital zoom.

 

 

 

1.5x

54 – 199.5 mm

Digital zoom is fixed at the selected zoom

factor, and the focal length shifts to

 

 

maximum telephoto. This enables a faster

 

 

shutter speed and less chance of camera

2.0x

72 – 266 mm

shake than a shot taken at the same angle

 

 

of view with [Standard] or [Off].

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

zThe digital zoom cannot be used in or (Postcard), or

(Widescreen) modes.

z[1.5x] or [2.0x] cannot be set in mode

Shooting with the Digital Zoom

1 Select [Digital Zoom].

1.

Press the

button.

 

2.

In the [

] menu, use the

or

 

button to select [Digital Zoom].