Taking a Closer Look: Playback Zoom

Pressing the zoom control to T during full-frame playback zooms the current picture in 3 ×, with the center of the picture displayed in the monitor (Quick Playback Zoom). The following operations can be performed while pictures are zoomed in:

To

Press

 

Zoom in (maximum 10 ×)T ( )

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Zoom outW ( )

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View other areas of picture

 

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Delete picture

 

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Exit to full-frame playback

 

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View mode menu

 

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View playback menu

 

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Create cropped copy (see below)

Shutter button

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Exit to shooting mode

 

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Scroll Zoom

Playback zoom display.

Note that “tall” orientation pictures are displayed in “wide” orientation when zoomed in. Select T once to display picture in “wide” orientation, again to zoom

picture in 3 ×.

Creating a Cropped Copy

If a icon is displayed in the monitor during playback zoom, the portion of the picture currently visible in the monitor can be saved to a separate fi le. Pressing the shutter-release button displays the dialog shown at right; highlight Yes and press the button to create a new picture containing only the area visible in the monitor.

Save this image as displayed?

No Confirm

Yes

Camera the on Pictures Viewing

Cropped copies are stored as JPEG fi les with a compression ratio of 1 : 8. Depending on the size of the original and the zoom ratio at the time the copy was created, copies will be 2,592 × 1,944 (), 2,048 × 1,536 (), 1,600 × 1,200 (), 1,280 × 960 (), 1,024 × 768 (), 640 × 480 (), 320 × 240 (), or 160 × 120 () pixels in size.

Cropped CopiesSee the Appendix for more information on cropped copies ( 89).

Auto Power off (Stand-by Mode)

At default settings, the monitor will turn off if no operations are performed for about a minute during playback (stand-by mode; 75). The camera will turn off automatically if no operations are performed for another three minutes.

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