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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