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Taking pictures with zoom (Continued)
Recording Mode:
The enlargement ratio displayed in the bar on screen is an estimate.
In certain Recording Modes, ‘Tele macro’ function (49) 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 colouring
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.
Extra Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
[MACRO ZOOM], motion picture, [TRANSFORM], [HIGH SENS.], [HI-SPEED BURST],
[FLASH BURST], [PIN HOLE], and [PHOTO FRAME] Scene Modes
Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following modes:
([INTELLIGENT AUTO] Mode), ([CLIPBOARD] Mode), Scene Modes
([TRANSFORM], [HIGH SENS.], [HI-SPEED BURST], [FLASH BURST], [PIN HOLE],
[FILM GRAIN] and [PHOTO FRAME])
[ZOOM RESUME] (25) allows zoom ratio to be memorised even if power is turned off.
Maximum zoom ratios by picture size
Optical Zoom Extra Optical Zoom
[PICTURE
SIZE]
12 M 8 M 5 M 3 M 0.3 M
11.5 M 7.5 M 4.5 M 2.5 M 0.3 M
10.5 M 7 M 4.5 M 2 M 0.2 M
Max. enlargement 12 x 14.7 x18.8 x23.4 x
When the picture aspect ratio is
What is Extra 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 12 M (equivalent to 12.1 million pixels) area, meaning
that the picture can be enlarged further.
[i.ZOOM]
The camera uses super resolution technology to increase the zoom ratio. Using super
resolution technology, the zoom ratio can be increased up to about 1.3 times higher than
the original zoom ratio with almost no deterioration of picture quality.
Display the [REC] menu Select [i.ZOOM]
Select [I.RESOLUTION] Close the menu
When [I.RESOLUTION] is set to [i.ZOOM], super resolution technology is applied to the
picture.
The i.Zoom functions in the following cases.
([INTELLIGENT AUTO] Mode)
Scene Mode (except for [HIGH SENS.], [HI-SPEED BURST], [FLASH BURST], [PIN
HOLE])
([CLIPBOARD] Mode)