Undeteriorated digital zoom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undeteriorated image quality range

 

 

Deteriorated image quality range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1X

5X to 27X

 

 

 

20X to 79.7X

 

Optical/digital zoom switch point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom pointer (Indicates current zoom.)

 

* 5X optical zoom point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deterioration point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The deterioration point depends on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image

 

Maximum

 

Deterioration

 

the current image size setting (page

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size

 

Zoom Factor

 

 

Point

 

35). The smaller the image size

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting, the higher the zoom factor

 

 

 

9M

 

 

20X

 

 

5X

 

you can use before reaching the

 

3:2

 

 

 

20X

 

 

5X

 

image deterioration point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Though digital zoom generally

 

16:9

 

 

 

20X

 

 

5X

 

causes a deterioration of image

 

 

 

6M

 

 

24.6X

 

 

6.2X

 

quality, some digital zoom without

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4M

 

 

30X

 

 

7.5X

 

image deterioration is possible with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image sizes of “6M” and smaller. The

 

 

 

2M

 

 

43.1X

 

 

10.8X

 

range in which you can use digital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA

 

 

79.7X

 

 

27X

 

zoom without image deterioration is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicated on the display. The

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

deterioration point depends on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image size.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When “HD/STD” is selected as the movie mode, minimal deterioration up to a

 

zoom factor of 27X is possible only for STD shooting.

 

 

 

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