Panasonic DMC-L10K EX. OPT. Zoom, Picture size and extended optical zoom magnification

Menu Settings

[EX. OPT. ZOOM]

Enlarging a picture with no picture quality deterioration (When taking pictures with Live View only)

MENU

Press [ /SET ] to display the [REC] mode menu and select the item to set. (P26) Normally you can take pictures with a maximum focal length of 50 mm (35 mm film camera equivalent: 100 mm) using the supplied lens.

However, if you set [EX. OPT. ZOOM] to [ON] when the picture size is set to a size other than the maximum picture size for

each aspect ratio ([ ]/[ ]/[ ]), a maximum focal length of 89 mm can be achieved (35 mm film camera equivalent: 178 mm) with no picture quality deterioration.

•Press [LIVE VIEW] to switch the camera beforehand to taking pictures with Live View. (P54)

∫Extended optical zoom mechanism Example: When you set the picture size to

[ ] (3 million pixels), the 10 million pixels CCD area is cropped to the center 3 million

pixels area, allowing a picture with a higher zoom effect. (¢ is the equivalent value for a 35 mm film camera.)

This feature is displayed in gray when taking pictures with Viewfinder.

1

14 mm W				T	50 mm
(28 mm)				T	(100 mm)
			A
2
18 mm							64.5 mm
	W					T
(36 mm)			B				(129 mm)
3
24.5 mm									89 mm
		W						T
(49 mm)									(178 mm)
					B

1Extended optical zoom [OFF]

Example: [ ] (3 million pixels)

2Extended optical zoom [ON]

Example: [ ] (6 million pixels) 3 Extended optical zoom [ON]

Example: [ ] (3 million pixels) A optical zoom

B Extended optical zoom

∫Picture size and extended optical zoom magnification

Aspect		Picture		Extended	Focus range
				optical zoom	of the
	ratio		size
				magnification	supplied lens
		(10M)			14 mm to
				Cannot set	50 mm
			(9M)		(28 mm to
					100 mm)¢
		(7.5M)
			(6M)		18 mm to
				1.3a	64.5 mm
		(5.3M)			(36 mm to
					129 mm)¢
		(4.5M)
			(3M)		24.5 mm to
				1.8a	89 mm
		(2.8M)			(49 mm to
					178 mm)¢

(2M)

¢35 mm film camera equivalent

97

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