HP c500 manual Using the Zoom, Adjusting the Camera Settings, Optical, Photo quality

Adjusting the Camera Settings

Using the Zoom

The HP PhotoSmart C500 Digital Camera has optical zoom and digital zoom. Optical zoom uses the lens to focus in on a distant object. Use it to increase the size of a subject that is distant from you. Digital zoom selects pixels from the center of the photo and enlarges the image further. Use digital zoom once you have reached the maximum optical zoom, to increase the size of your subject even further.

Zoom type	When to use it	Example
Optical (3x)	Use this setting when your subject is distant	You are taking a photo of a scene and you
	from you and you want to increase or	want to zoom in on a tree.
	decrease its size in the photo.
Digital (2x)	Use this setting when your subject is distant	You are taking a photo of a scene and you
	from you and you want to increase its size	want to increase the size of a bird in the tree.
	more than you can with the optical zoom.

If you use the digital zoom, your photos will have lower resolution than they usually would for a particular photo quality setting. It is recommended that you print these photos in smaller sizes.

Photo quality	Standard resolution	Resolution with digital zoom
	640x480 pixels	640x480 pixels
	1152x864 pixels	800x600 pixels
	1600x1200 pixels	800x600 pixels
	1600x1200 pixels	800x600 pixels

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