Using Zoom
Zoom types and use
The zoom ratio changes when the number of recording pixels is changed.
■■Optical Zoom
Zooming in up to 20x is possible if pictures without 
have been selected by [Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu. (→95)
●●Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases: ••Scene Mode ([Panorama Shot])
••[Macro Zoom]
■■Extra optical zoom
Zooming in up to 42.2x is possible when pictures with 
have been selected by [Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu (→95). EZ is short for “Extra optical zoom”. ●●Extra optical zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
••[Intelligent Auto] Mode (when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])
••[Macro Zoom] • Motion picture • When the [Burst] setting is set to 
, 
or 
••Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.] [High Speed Video]) ••[Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])
To increase the zoom ratio further, the following zoom can be used in combination.
■■[i.ZOOM]
You can use the camera’s Intelligent Resolution technology to increase the zoom ratio up to 2x higher than the original zoom ratio with limited deterioration of picture quality. Set [i.Resolution] to [i.ZOOM] on the [Rec] menu. (→102)
●●When [i.Resolution] is set to [i.ZOOM], Intelligent Resolution technology is applied to the picture.
●●[i.ZOOM] does not function in the following cases. ••[Intelligent Auto] Mode (when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])
••Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Handheld Night Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.]) ••When the [Burst] setting is set to 
, 
or 
••[Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect]) ••[Macro Zoom]
■■[Digital Zoom]
Zoom 4x further than Optical/Extra optical zoom. Note that, with Digital Zoom, enlarging will decrease picture quality. Set the [Digital Zoom] in the [Rec] menu to [ON]. (→102) ●●Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following modes:
••[Intelligent Auto] Mode • When the [Burst] setting is set to 
, 
or 
••Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Handheld Night Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.]
[High Speed Video])
••[Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect] [Miniature Effect])
●●When Digital Zoom is used simultaneously with i.Zoom, you can only increase the zoom ratio up to 2x.
- 65 -
