Basic

Types of zooms

Feature

Optical Zoom

Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)

Digital Zoom

 

When the 14– 42 mm/F3.5–5.6 lens included in DMC-G10K is used

 

 

 

[2k] (including Extended

 

 

 

Optical Zoom)

 

 

 

when taking still

 

 

2k¢1 (when taking still

pictures: 12k¢1

Recording

 

when recording motion

 

pictures: 6k)

pictures: 18.7k¢2

magnification

3k

3.1k¢2 (when recording

 

 

 

[4k] (including Extended

 

 

motion pictures: 9.4k)

Optical Zoom)

 

 

 

when taking still

 

 

 

pictures: 24k¢1

 

 

 

when recording motion

 

 

 

pictures: 37.5k¢2

Picture

 

 

The higher the magnification

No deterioration

No deterioration

level, the greater the

quality

 

 

deterioration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set the [EX. OPT. ZOOM]

 

 

 

(P120) in [REC] Mode

 

 

 

menu or

[DIGITAL ZOOM] (P120) on

 

 

[MOTION PICTURE]

Conditions

None

the [REC] Mode menu or

Mode menu to [ON], and

[MOTION PICTURE] Mode

 

 

then when taking still

 

 

menu is set to [2k] or [4k].

 

 

pictures select number of

 

 

recordable pixels with

 

 

 

[ ] (P114).

 

¢1 When a picture size of [S] (3 M), aspect ratio of [X] is selected.

The magnification level differs depending on [PICTURE SIZE] and [ASPECT RATIO] setting. ¢2 When recording quality setting [ ] or [ ] is selected. When recording quality setting

[ ] or [ ] is selected, Extended Optical Zoom factor will change to 4.2.

Extended Optical Zoom mechanism

Example: When it is set to [ ] (equal to 3.1 million pixels), it will take the picture using the 3.1 million pixels in the center out of the 12 million pixels of the imaging device, resulting to be more of a telephoto picture.

Note

“EZ” is an abbreviation of “Extended Optical Zoom”.

If you use the zoom function after focusing on the subject, focus on the subject again.

When using the Digital Zoom, [STABILIZER] may not be effective.

When using the Digital Zoom, we recommend using a tripod and the self-timer (P68) for taking pictures.

The [AF MODE] is fixed to [Ø] when using the Digital Zoom.

The Extended Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases.

In Intelligent Auto Mode

When [QUALITY] is set to [ ], [ ] or [ ]

[DIGITAL ZOOM] cannot be used in the following cases.

In Intelligent Auto Mode

In Advanced Scene Mode

In Scene Mode

When [QUALITY] is set to [ ], [ ] or [ ]

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Panasonic DMC-G10K Types of zooms, Extended Optical Zoom mechanism, Feature Optical Zoom, Digital Zoom