Optical zoom Digital zoom

Operations Playback and Shooting Basic

Using the Zoom

When you move the zoom control,

Wide-angle

Telephoto

the zoom lens position changes.

 

 

To zoom in: Move toward g

To zoom out: Move toward f When you turn the camera on, the zoom moves to the maximum wide-angle position.

Rotating the zoom control all the way in either direction adjusts the zoom quickly (except during movie recording).

The side zoom control (A1) can also be moved toward gor f to operate the zoom.

Telephoto

Wide- angle

A zoom indicator is displayed on the shooting screen when the zoom control is moved.

Digital zoom, which allows you

to further magnify the subject up to approximately 4× the maximum optical

zoom ratio, can be activated by moving and holding the zoom control or the side zoom control toward gwhen the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position.

C Digital Zoom

The zoom indicator changes to blue when the digital zoom is activated, and it changes to yellow when the zoom magnification is increased further.

Zoom indicator is blue: Image quality is not noticeably reduced by using the Dynamic Fine Zoom.

Zoom indicator is yellow: There may be cases in which image quality is noticeably reduced.

The indicator remains blue across a wider area when the image size is smaller.

The zoom indicator may not change to blue when using certain continuous shooting settings or other settings.

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