Northern Industrial Tools P5000 user manual ADigital Zoom, 11.9 14.0

Zoom

The zoom control can be used to frame subjects in the monitor or viewfinder. Select W to zoom out, increasing the area visible in the frame. Select T to zoom in up to 3.5× so that the subject fills a larger area of the frame. The amount of zoom is displayed in the monitor.

Zoom out Zoom in

T		T
W		W
Indicator is displayed	Optical zoom	Indicator turns yellow
when zoom control is	(up to 3.5×)	when digital zoom is in
pressed		effect

Holding the control to T at 3.5× zoom will trigger digital zoom, allowing the subject to be magnified up to 4× more, for a total magnification of 14×.

ADigital Zoom

If possible, digital zoom will create a picture by cropping the area visible in the moni- tor to the current image size (B 66), increasing magnification without affecting qual- ity. 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. The amount of zoom available before interpolation is used depends on the option currently selected for image size, as shown in the following table.

Image	Max. zoom without interpolation
size	Digital zoom	Total magnification
f	1.4 ×	4.9 ×
g	1.6 ×	5.6 ×
e	2.2 ×	7.7 ×

Image	Max. zoom without interpolation
size	Digital zoom	Total magnification
d	2.8 ×	9.8	×
i	3.4 ×	11.9	×
k	4.0 ×	14.0	×

2 is displayed when interpolation is in effect. Using digital zoom at sizes of 3,648× 2,736 (j), 3,648×2,432 (h), or 3,584×2,016 (9) always triggers interpolation.

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