Panasonic DMC-SZ3 owner manual Extended Optical Zoom EZ, Intelligent Zoom, Digital Zoom

Recording

Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)

This function works when any of the picture sizes (P67) indicated with is selected. You can zoom in further than you can with the Optical Zoom without deteriorating the image quality.

Maximum magnification: 22.5k

(This includes the optical zoom magnification. The magnification level differs depending on [Picture Size] setting.)

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

•This function is not available in the following cases:

–[Toy Effect] (Creative Control Mode)

–[High Sens.]/[Photo Frame] (Scene Mode)

–When [Burst] in the [Rec] menu is set to [ ] or [ ]

–When recording motion pictures

Intelligent Zoom

This function works when [i.Resolution] (P73) in the [Rec] menu is set to [i.ZOOM]. You can zoom in up to twice the original zoom magnification while minimizing the deterioration of the image quality.

•This will work automatically in Intelligent Auto Mode.

•This function is not available in the following cases:

–[Toy Effect] (Creative Control Mode)

–[High Sens.] (Scene Mode)

–When [Burst] in the [Rec] menu is set to [ ] or [ ]

Digital Zoom

This function works when [Digital Zoom] (P73) in the [Rec] menu is set to [ON]. Although the image quality deteriorates every time you zoom in further, you can zoom in up to four times the original zoom magnification.

•When using the [i.ZOOM], the maximum magnification of the Digital Zoom is limited to 2k.

•We recommend using a tripod and the Self-timer (P52) for taking pictures.

•This function is not available in the following cases:

–Intelligent Auto Mode

–[Toy Effect]/[Miniature Effect] (Creative Control Mode)

–[High Sens.]/[Photo Frame] (Scene Mode)

–When [Burst] in the [Rec] menu is set to [ ] or [ ]

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