Nikon S600 user manual Digital Zoom, Frame a Picture, Maximum zoom ratio without interpolation

Step 2 Frame a Picture

Digital Zoom

When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum magnification (4×), holding down g (i) triggers digital zoom. The subject is magnified up to 4×, for a total magnification of 16×.

The focus area will not be displayed and focus will be on the center of the screen when digital zoom is in effect.

Optical zoom	Digital zoom is in effect.
(up to 4×).

If the crop would be smaller than the current image size, additional pixels are added through a process known as interpolation, creating a slightly “grainy” image.

Interpolation will not be applied before the position of the Von the screen; the zoom indicator changes to yellow when interpolation is in effect.

Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode

BMaximum zoom ratio without interpolation

If possible, digital zoom will create a picture by cropping the area visible in the monitor to the current Image mode (A 76), increasing magnification without affecting quality, and changing the position of V.

The amount of zoom available before interpolation is used depends on the option currently selected for image size, as shown in the following table. The camera pauses temporarily in its zooming operation when it reaches the maximum zoom ratio possible before interpolation is used, during which the zoom indicator changes from white to yellow.

Image Mode	Zoom rate
h, i, K 4⋅
	(maximum optical zoom)

L5.6⋅ (1.4 digital zoom)

Digital zoom can be turned off (A 104)

Image Mode Zoom rate

M6.4⋅ (1.6 digital zoom)

N13.6⋅ (3.4 digital zoom)

O16⋅ (4 digital zoom)

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