Using the zoom lens

This camera is equipped with a 6.2 to 18.6mm optical zoom. This is equivalent to a 38 to 114mm zoom lens on a 35mm camera. In 35mm photography, focal lengths below 50mm are referred to as wide-angle; the angle of view is larger than that of the human eye. Above 50mm is referred to as telephoto and makes distant objects appear closer. The effect of the optical zoom is visible in both the viewfinder and LCD monitor.

Zoom lever

The zoom lens is operated by the zoom lever. Pressing

 

the right side (T) will zoom in to the telephoto position of

 

the lens. Pressing the left side (W) will zoom out to the

 

wide-angle position. The optical zoom position is indicat-

 

ed by the lower white section of the zoom scale in the

 

LCD monitor.

If the zoom lever is pressed toward the telephoto

Digital zoom magnification

position at the telephoto position of the optical

 

zoom, the digital zoom will activate; this is indicated

 

by the upper red section of the zoom scale. The

 

digital zoom extends the power of the telephoto

 

position of the optical zoom by up to 3X in 0.2X

 

increments. When the digital zoom is active, the

 

image magnification is displayed on the monitor.

 

Digital zoom images are interpolated to the set image size. There can be some loss of quality with images taken with the digital zoom.

Zoom scale

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