Panasonic DMC-LZ8, DMC-LZ10 Using the easy zoom button, How the extended optical zoom works

Basic

■How 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 []

(3M EZ) (3 million pixels), the 10M (10.1 million) (DMC-LZ10) or 8M (8.1 million) (DMC-LZ8) CCD area is cropped to the center 3M (3 million pixels) area, allowing a picture with a higher zoom effect.

•The optical zoom is set to Wide (1 ×) when the camera is turned on.

•When using the zoom function, an estimate of the focus range will appear in conjunction with the zoom display bar. (Example: 0.99 ft-Z)

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

•The lens barrel extends or retracts according to the zoom position. Take care not to interrupt the motion of the lens barrel while the zoom lever is rotated.

•In motion picture mode [i], 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] (1 ×) when the extended optical zoom is used. This is not a malfunction.

•The indicated zoom magnification is an approximation.

•The extended optical zoom cannot be activated in the following modes.

–Motion picture mode [i]

–[HIGH SENS.]

–[HI-SPEED BURST]

Using the easy zoom button

Press the [E.ZOOM] button to quickly zoom. Actual zoom factors depend on the pixel recording setting.

A

A[E.ZOOM] button

■When the picture size is set to the highest resolution for each aspect ratio

Resolution is temporarily reduced and you can use the extended optical zoom.

1		W			T
1			A	5
2
	EZ	W					T
1			B			C

3 EZ W T

1 C

1Press [E.ZOOM] once.

2 Press [E.ZOOM] twice.

3 Press [E.ZOOM] three times. A Optical zoom

B Extended optical zoom

C Maximum extended optical zoom magnification

• The resolution becomes smaller as shown below when the extended optical zoom is used. The color of the zoom bar and the resolution displayed on the screen change at this time.

Aspect ratio	Picture size
	DMC-LZ10 DMC-LZ8

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