Zooming in More Closely on Subjects (Digital Zoom)

Digital Tele-Converter

The focal length of the lens can be increased by an equivalent of 1.7x or 2.1x. 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. 72) and digital tele-converter settings used.

Choose [Digital Zoom].

∆Press the n button.

∆Press the qr buttons to choose the 4 tab.

∆Press the opbuttons or turn the Âdial

to choose [Digital Zoom].

Make the setting.

∆ ress the qr buttons to choose a magnification.

∆Pressing the nbutton will restore the shooting screen.

The 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 [1.7x] at a recording pixel setting of or will cause image deterioration (the zoom factor will appear in blue).

•Using [2.1x] at a recording pixel setting of , or will cause image deterioration (the zoom factor will appear in blue).

• The respective focal lengths when using [1.7x] and [2.1x] are 47.6 – 666.4 mm and 58.8 – 823.2 mm (35mm film equivalent).

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

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