Panasonic DMC-ZS40, DMCZS40K, DMCZS40S Optical Zoom, Extended optical zoom, Zoom types and use

Application (Record)

Using Zoom

●●If you are not holding the camera, for example when using self-timer recording (→105) or remote recording (→196), the camera could tilt when the lens barrel extends during zooming, so make sure to secure the camera in place with a tripod or by other means.

●●Do not touch the lens barrel during zooming. ●●Adjust the focus after adjusting the zoom.

●●The zoom ratio and the zoom bar displayed on the screen are estimates.

●●The camera may make a rattling noise and vibrate when the zoom lever is operated - this is not a malfunction.

Zoom types and use

The zoom ratio changes when the picture size is changed.

■■Optical Zoom

Zooming in up to 30x is possible if pictures without [  ] have been selected by [Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu. (→140)

●●Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases: ••[Macro Zoom]

••[3D Photo Mode] Scene Mode

■■Extended optical zoom

Zooming in up to 71.7x is possible when pictures with [  ] have been selected by [Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu (→140). EZ is short for “Extended optical zoom”.

●●Extended optical zoom cannot be used in the following cases: ••[Macro Zoom]

••When recording motion pictures

••When the [Burst] setting is set to [  ] or [  ]

••Scene Modes ([HDR], [High Sens.], [High Speed Video], [3D Photo Mode]) ••[Creative Control] Mode ([Impressive Art], [Toy Effect])

••When the [Quality] setting is set to [  ], [  ] or [  ]

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