Undeteriorated digital zoom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undeteriorated image quality range

 

 

 

Deteriorated image quality range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1X

20X to 108X

 

80X to 318.8X

Optical/digital zoom switch point

 

 

 

 

Zoom

 

 

pointer (Indicates current zoom.)

 

 

 

 

 

* 20X optical zoom point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deterioration point

The deterioration point depends on the current image size setting (page 31). The smaller the image size setting, the higher the zoom factor you can use before reaching the image deterioration point.

Though digital zoom generally causes a deterioration of image quality, some digital zoom without image deterioration is possible with image sizes of “8M” and smaller. The range in which you can use digital zoom without image deterioration is indicated on the display. The deterioration point depends on the

Image

Maximum

Deterioration

Size

Zoom Factor

Point

9M

80X

20X

3:2

80X

20X

16:9

80X

20X

8M

84.6X

21.2X

7M

90X

22.4X

5M

108X

27X

2M

172.4X

43.2X

VGA

318.8X

108X

 

 

 

image size.

The maximum zoom factor using optical zoom (page 63) and digital in

combination when “HD/STD” is selected as the movie mode is 318.8X.

When “HD/STD” is selected as the movie mode, minimal deterioration up to a zoom factor of 108X is possible only for STD shooting.

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