Panasonic DMC-G2K operating instructions Types of zooms, Extended Optical Zoom mechanism

Basic

∫Types of zooms

Feature	Optical Zoom	Extended Optical Zoom	Digital Zoom
		(EZ)
	When the 14–42 mm/F3.5–5.6 lens included in DMC-G2K 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]
		(P132) in [REC] Mode
		menu or	[DIGITAL ZOOM] (P132) 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
		[ ] (P126).

¢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 Mode [AVCHD Lite] is selected, or Recording Mode [MOTION JPEG] is

selected with recording quality setting [ ] or [		]. 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”.

•When the Extended Optical Zoom is used, angle of view for still pictures will be different from the angle of view for motion pictures because the zoom factor is different between them. Angle of view for recording can be checked beforehand by matching the [ REC AREA] (P141) setting to the mode you wish to record in.

•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 (P77) 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 [ ]

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