Undeteriorated Image

Deteriorated Image

 

 

 

Quality Range

 

 

 

Quality Range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1X

3X to 17.1X*

 

12X to 45.2X*

 

 

 

Optical/Digital Switch Point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The image deterioration point depends on the image size

(page 63). The smaller the image size, 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 “5M (2560 × 1920 pixels)” and

Image Deterioration Point

Image starts to deteriorate from here.

*Point factor depends on image size.

Zoom Values for Each Image Size

Zoom Pointer (Indicates current zoom.)

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 size.

When shooting with “Auto Framing”, the image size is fixed at

5M (2560 × 1920 pixels) and the Undeteriorated Image

Quality Range is 3X.

 

 

 

 

Undeteriorated Image Deteriorated Image

 

 

 

 

Quality Range

 

 

 

 

Quality Range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10M

1X

3X

 

12X

3:2

1X

3X

 

12X

16:9

1X

3X

 

12X

5M

1X

4.3X

 

17.1X

3M

1X

5.3X

 

21.3X

2M

1X

6.8X

 

26.5X

VGA

1X

17.1X

 

45.2X

70

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