Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom uses no moving lens parts. The camera essentially crops the image to give an appearance of the subject of the picture being an additional 1.2x to 7x larger.
NOTE You cannot use digital zoom while recording video clips.
1Press the Zoom In 
control to optically zoom in to the maximum level, then release the button.
2Press Zoom In 
again and hold it until you reach the desired size in the active display. A yellow frame surrounds the area of the image that will be captured. The Resolution number on the left side of the screen also becomes smaller
as you digitally zoom. For example, 2.9 appears in place of 5 MP, indicating that the image is being reduced to a size of 2.9 Megapixels.
3When the yellow frame is at the desired size, press the Shutter button to take the picture.
To turn digital zoom off and return to optical zoom, press Zoom
Out 
until digital zooming stops. Release the zoom control, and then press it again.
NOTE Digital zoom reduces the resolution of an image, so your picture will tend to be more pixilated than the same image taken with optical zoom. If you just intend to
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