Panasonic DMC-LX1PP Shooting with the extended optical zoom, Move the zoom lever toward T

Recording pictures (advanced)

Shooting with the extended optical zoom

The camera’s optical zoom can normally give you a telephoto zoom of 4 times, but by choosing a resolution that has an EZ suffix, for example 5.5M EZ , the extended optical zoom starts functioning and zoom extends as follows. (The example uses [j] aspect ratio.)

• Set the resolution. (P73)

1 Move the zoom lever toward T.

5.5

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nWhen the extended optical zoom isn’t working

For example: Resolution is 8M

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nWhen the extended zoom is working For example: Resolution is 5.5M EZ

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nResolution and maximum zoom

Aspect			Pixels						Maximum
ratio									zoom
j	8M								4×
	5.5M				/2M				5×
			EZ				EZ
	7M								4×
	4.5M				/2.5M				5.1×
			EZ					EZ
	6M								4×
	4M								5×
h		EZ
	3M			/2M				/	5.6×
		EZ				EZ
	1M
		EZ

nHow the extended optical zoom works

• The extended optical zoom works by extracting the center of the picture and expanding it for a higher telephoto effect. So, for example, if you choose [5.5M EZ ], 5.5 million pixels (out of the total [8M], 8 million possible with the CCD) are taken in your shot.

•The extended optical zoom allows you to increase the zoom ratio without the reduction in picture quality you get with digital zoom.

•The [ EZ ] icon appears when you zoom while using a resolution that can use the extended optical zoom.

•You can zoom in even further by using this in combination with the digital zoom. In the [REC] mode menu, set digital zoom to ON. (P78)

•The extended optical zoom does not work in the motion picture mode [i].

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