Panasonic VQT1J82 Press MENU/SET to close the menu, Further extending the zoom, Menu operation

Basic

•In motion picture mode [ ], the zoom magnification is fixed to the value set at the start of recording.

•“EZ” is an abbreviation of “Extended optical Zoom”.

•If you set a picture size that activates the extended optical zoom, the extended

optical zoom icon [ ] is displayed on the screen when you use the zoom function.

•The zoom will stop moving for an instant near [W] (1k) when the extended optical zoom is used. This is not a malfunction.

•The indicated zoom magnification is an approximation.

•In motion picture mode [ ] and [HIGH SENS.] or [HI-SPEED BURST] in scene mode, the extended optical zoom does not work.

Using the Digital Zoom

Further extending the zoom

A maximum of 14.3k zoom can be achieved with the 3.6k optical zoom and the 4k digital zoom when [D.ZOOM] is set to [ON] in the [REC] mode menu. However, if a picture size that can use extended optical zoom is selected, a maximum of 22.7k zoom can be achieved with the 5.7k extended optical zoom and the 4k digital zoom.

∫Menu operation

1 Press [MENU/SET].

•When a scene mode is selected, select

the [REC] mode menu () and then press 1.

2 Press 3/4 to select [D.ZOOM] and then press 1.

3 Press 4 to select [ON] and then press [MENU/SET].

MENU /SET

4 Press [MENU/SET] to close the menu.

•You can also press the shutter button halfway to close the menu.

∫Entering the digital zoom range The on-screen zoom indication may momentarily stop moving when you rotate the zoom lever to the extreme Tele position. You can enter the digital zoom range by continuously rotating the zoom lever to Tele or releasing the zoom lever once and then rotating it to Tele again.

≥[OFF]: W T

≥[ON]: WT

W T

(When using the digital zoom and the extended optical zoom [ ] (3M EZ) at the same time)

1Optical zoom

2 Digital zoom

3 Extended optical zoom

•A big AF area (P61) is displayed when using the digital zoom. Also, the stabilizer function may not be effective.

•In digital zoom, the larger the picture the lower the picture quality.

•When using the digital zoom, we recommend using a tripod and the self-timer (P38) for taking pictures.

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