Using the Zoom

Press the zoom buttons to activate the optical zoom.

•The subject fills a larger area of the frame: Press g (zoom in).

•The area visible increases in the frame: Press f (zoom out).

•When the power is turned on, the zoom is at the maximum wide-angle position.

•A zoom position is displayed at the top of the monitor when the zoom button is pressed.

Step 3 Frame a Picture

Zoom out Zoom in

Optical zoom Digital zoom

Digital Zoom

If the zoom button gis pressed continuously when optical zoom is set at the maximum telephoto zoom position (maximum optical zoom), digital zoom will be activated.

Digital zoom can magnify the subject up to about 4× beyond the maximum magnification of the optical zoom.

Maximum optical zoom

Digital zoom enabled

•The focus will be at the center of the frame and the focus area will not be displayed when the digital zoom is in effect.

CDigital Zoom and Interpolation

Unlike the optical zoom, the digital zoom uses a digital imaging process known as interpolation to magnify images, resulting in slight deterioration of image quality depending on the image mode (A61) and digital zoom magnification.

Interpolation is applied at zoom positions beyond V. When the zoom is increased beyond the V position, interpolation is initiated and the zoom indicator also turns yellow.

Vmoves right as the image size becomes smaller, allowing you to confirm the zoom position that can be used to capture still images without image degradation before shooting at the current image mode setting.

When the image size is small

•Using Digital zoom in the setup menu (A94), it is possible to set the digital zoom so that it does not operate.

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