Undeteriorated Image Quality

Deteriorated Image Quality

 

 

 

 

Range

 

 

 

 

Range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1X

3X to 15.1X*

 

 

12X to 45.2X*

 

 

 

 

Optical/Digital Switch Point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom Pointer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Indicates current

Image Deterioration Point

 

 

 

 

zoom.)

Image starts to deteriorate from here.

*Point factor depends on image size.

Zoom Values for Each Image Size

 

 

 

 

Undeteriorated Image Deteriorated Image

 

 

 

 

Quality Range

 

 

 

 

Quality Range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8M

1X

3X

 

12X

3:2

1X

3X

 

12X

16:9

1X

3X

 

12X

6M

1X

3.5X

 

13.7X

4M

1X

4.2X

 

16.7X

2M

1X

6.1X

 

24.0X

VGA

1X

15.1X

 

45.2X

The image deterioration point depends on the image size (page 62). 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 “6M (2816 × 2112 pixels)” 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 size.

The digital zoom range of the zoom indicator is shown on the monitor screen only while “Digital Zoom” is turned on.

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