Using the Zoom

Use the zoom control to activate optical zoom.

•Rotate the zoom control to gto zoom in so that the subject fills a larger area of the frame.

•Rotate the zoom control to fto zoom out, thus increasing the area visible in the frame.

•The zoom position is set at the maximum wide-angle position when the camera is turned on.

•A zoom indicator is displayed at the top of the monitor when the zoom control is rotated.

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Optical Digital

zoom zoom

Digital Zoom

When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, rotating and holding the zoom control at gtriggers digital zoom. The subject is magnified up to 4× the maximum optical zoom ratio.

Maximum optical zoom

Digital zoom enabled

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

CDigital Zoom and Interpolation

Playback and Shooting for Steps Basic

Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom uses a digital imaging process known as interpolation to magnify images, resulting in slight deterioration of image quality according to the image mode (A60) and digital zoom magnification.

Interpolation is applied at zoom positions beyond Vwhen taking still images. When zoom is increased beyond the Vposition, interpolation is initiated and the zoom indicator turns yellow to indicate that interpolation is being applied. Vmoves to the 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 size setting.

Small image size

• Digital zoom can be disabled from the Digital zoom option (A87) in the setup menu (A86).

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