Undeteriorated digital zoom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undeteriorated image quality range

 

 

Deteriorated image quality range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1X

3X to 16.2X

 

 

 

12.0X to 47.8X

 

Optical/digital zoom switch point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom pointer (Indicates current zoom.)

 

* 3X optical zoom point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deterioration point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The deterioration point depends on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image

 

Maximum

 

Deterioration

 

the current image size setting (page

 

 

 

 

Size

 

Zoom Factor

 

 

Point

 

32). The smaller the image size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting, the higher the zoom factor

 

 

 

 

9M

 

 

12X

 

 

3X

 

you can use before reaching the

 

 

3:2

 

 

 

12X

 

 

3X

 

image deterioration point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Though digital zoom generally

 

 

16:9

 

 

 

12X

 

 

3X

 

causes a deterioration of image

 

 

 

 

6M

 

 

14.7X

 

 

3.7X

 

quality, some digital zoom without

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4M

 

 

18X

 

 

4.5X

 

image deterioration is possible with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

image sizes of “6M” and smaller. The

 

 

2M

 

 

25.9X

 

 

6.5X

 

range in which you can use digital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA

 

 

47.8X

 

 

16.2X

 

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 16.2X is possible only for STD shooting.

 

 

 

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