Using the zoom function

This camera has a 12 x optical zoom function. Use the zoom lever or assign zoom functions to the FOCUS ring to perform zoom operations.

Zoom lever

Gentry press the zoom lever to zoom slowly, firmly press to zoom faster.

T: Zoom in

W: Zoom out

When using the zoom buttons on the LCD monitor, the zoom speed is constant.

•With the SMOOTH ZOOM STOP item in the setting menu SW&DISP SETUP screen, you can select a mode that smoothes the zoom stop operation.

Zoom lever

On the remote control

Press the ZOOM/VOL buttons to zoom.

• Zoom speed is fixed at medium.

EXT

PHOTO

START/

STOP

DISPLAY

SHOT

 

DATE/

 

ZOOM

TIME

 

 

 

VOL

ZOOM/VOL buttons

SEARCH PLAY SEARCH

STILL ADV PAUSE STILL ADV

SKIP STOP SKIP

MENU

ENTER

Digital zoom function

By setting D.ZOOM to any of the USER 1 - 3 buttons, you can use the camera’s digital zoom function. (Page 106)

With each press of the USER button to which D.ZOOM has been allocated, the digital zoom ratio will be switched between OFF (x 1)→x 2→x 5→ x 10→OFF.

•The higher the zoom ratio setting, the poorer the image quality.

•For all settings other than OFF (x 1), the current zoom ration will be displayed in the viewfinder or the LCD monitor.

•The digital zoom function can only be used with the 1080/60i and 720/60P recording formats.

•The digital zoom function cannot be used while touch auto focus is enabled.

•The digital zoom function cannot be used in PHOTO mode.

•The digital zoom function cannot be used with interval recording.

•When using a macro range and AF or MF on the focus control information display appears in reverse black and white, zooming may cause the image to become unfocused.

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