Interpreting the Zoom Bar

During a zoom operation, a zoom bar appears on the monitor screen to show the current zoom setting.

Range where image deterioration is suppressed.

 

Deteriorated image range

(optical zoom, HD Zoom)

 

 

 

(digital zoom)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1X

 

 

 

 

20.0X to 79.7X

 

 

 

 

Optical zoom limit point

 

Zoom

 

pointer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Indicates current zoom.)

 

 

 

 

• 5.0X optical zoom point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Point from which image deteriorates

Location of this point (5.0X to 33.8X) depends on the image size.

.Zoom Icon

The appearance of the zoom icon on the monitor screen depends on the zoom factor.

Optical zoom

Not displayed

HD Zoom

Not displayed

Digital zoom

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.Zoom Factor

The digital zoom factor depends on the image size (page 45).

Image size

Maximum zoom factor where image

Total maximum

deterioration can be suppressed

zoom factor

 

14M

5.0X

20.0X

 

 

 

3:2

5.0X

20.0X

 

 

 

10M

5.9X

23.7X

 

 

 

6M

7.7X

30.7X

 

 

 

3M

10.6X

42.2X

 

 

 

VGA

33.8X

79.7X

 

 

 

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Recording Images