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•When you rotate the zoom lever, you may
hear some sound from the camera or the
camera may shake. This is not a
malfunction.
•When using the zoom function, an
estimate of the focus range will appear in
conjunction with the zoom display bar.
(Example: 0.99 ft. – )
This camera has a 18k optical zoom.
However, if the picture size is not set to the
highest setting for each aspect ratio [ /
/ ], a maximum of 28.7k optical
zoom can be achieved with no picture
quality deterioration.
Extended optical zoom mechanism
When you set the picture size to [ ]
(3M EZ) (3 million pixels), the 8M
(8.1 million pixels) CCD area is cropped to
the center 3M (3 million pixels) area,
allowing a picture with a higher zoom effect.
Picture size and maximum zoom
magnification
(±: Available, —: Not available)
•“EZ” is an abbreviation of
“Extended optical Zoom”.
•If you set a picture size that activates the
extended optical zoom, the extended
optical zoom icon [ ] is displayed on the
screen when you use the zoom function.
•The on-screen zoom indication may not
change consecutively if you rotate the
zoom lever near the Tele position when
the extended optical zoom is used. This is
not a malfunction.
•The indicated zoom magnification is an
approximation.
•In [HIGH SENS.] in sce ne mode, the
extended optical zoom does not work.
A maximum of 72k zoom can be achieved
with the 18k optical zoom and the 4k
digital zoom when [D.ZOOM] is set to [ON]
in the [REC] mode menu. However, if a
picture size that can use extended optical
zoom is selected, a maximum of 115k
zoom can be achieved with the 28.7k
extended optical zoom and the 4k digital
zoom.
Menu operation
1Press [MENU/SET].
•When in advanced scene mode or
scene mode, select the [REC] mode
menu ( ) and then press 1.
2Press 3/4 to select [D.ZOOM] and then press 1.Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)
Aspect
ratio
(P75)
Picture size
(P76)
Maximum
zoom magni-
fication (Tele)
Extended
optical
zoom
(8M)
18k(7M)
(6M)
(5M EZ)
23k±
(4.5MEZ)
(3.5MEZ)
(3M EZ)
(2M EZ)
(0.3M EZ)
28.7k±
(2.5MEZ)
(2M EZ)
Using the Digital Zoom
Further extending the zoom
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