Panasonic DMC-TZ50 operating instructions Taking pictures with zoom, Zoom In/Out

Basics	3 Taking pictures with zoom
Do not block the lens barrel movement		Zoom In/Out
while zooming.		1 Restore
			Enlarge
	E.ZOOM	Turn to W side	Turn to T side

5	5	Focus
		range
		(P.41)
0.05m -	1 m -	Zoom ratio
1X	10X
	Zoom bar	(approx.)

Zoom speed can be adjusted.

Zoom slowly → turn slightly

Zoom quickly → turn completely

Adjust the focus after adjusting the zoom.

Optical zoom and extended optical zoom (EZ)

Automatically switches to ‘optical zoom’ when using maximum picture size (P.55), and to ‘extended optical zoom’ (for further zooming) otherwise. (EZ is short for ‘extended optical zoom’.)

• Optical zoom			• Extended optical zoom
		Zoom bar	(	displayed)
	Max. enlargement: 10x		Max. enlargement: 11.3x - 16.9x
			Varies according to picture size.

Maximum zoom ratios by picture size

ASPECT	Optical zoom		Extended optical zoom
RATIO
PICTURE SIZE	9 M	7 M	5 M	3 M	2 M	0.3 M
Max. enlargement	10 x	11.3 x	13.5 x		16.9 x
PICTURE SIZE	8.5 M	6 M	4.5 M	2.5 M
Max. enlargement	10 x	11.6 x	13.9 x	16.9 x
PICTURE SIZE	7.5 M	5.5 M	3.5 M	2 M
Max. enlargement	10 x	12.1 x	14.5 x	16.9 x

What is Extended optical zoom (EZ)?

If, for example, set to ‘3M ’ (equivalent to 3 million pixels), a picture will only be taken of a 3M-sized central part of a 9 M (equivalent to 9.1 million pixels) area, meaning that the picture can be enlarged further.

You can zoom in up to 10 times with ‘optical zoom’, and up to 16.9 times with ‘EX optical zoom’ with lower picture quality. You can also use ‘digital zoom’ to zoom in even further.

To enlarge quickly to max. ratio ‘EASY ZOOM’

E.ZOOM (zoom ratio changes with each press)

e.g. Picture size is 7M or less

1 x Extended optical zoom maximum ratio

e.g. Picture size is 7.5M or more

1 x 10 x 16.9 x

Picture quality is temporarily reduced.

9 M →	3 M
8.5 M → 2.5 M
7.5 M →	2 M

You can zoom further to the maximum digital zoom ratio if ‘DIGITAL ZOOM’ (P.34) is set to ‘ON’.

Easy zoom cannot be used while recording motion pictures.

The enlargement ratio displayed in the bar on screen is an estimate.

In certain recording modes, TELE MACRO function (P.40) is activated when maximum zoom ratio is reached.

A greater degree of distortion may be generated by taking wider-angled pictures of close objects, while using more telescopic zoom may result in more coloring appearing around the outlines of objects.

The camera may make a rattling noise and vibrate when the zoom lever is operated

– this is not a fault.

Extended optical zoom cannot be used in the following cases:

(MOTION PICTURE mode), ‘HIGH SENS.’, ‘HI-SPEED BURST’, and ‘MULTI ASPECT’ scene modes

When using extended optical zoom, zoom movement may stop momentarily near maximum W (1x), but this is not a fault.

‘ZOOM RESUME’ (P.25) allows zoom ratio to be memorized even if power is turned off.

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