Panasonic DMC FZ 28, DMCFZ28K Changing the zoom speed, Storing the zoom position Zoom resume

Basic

∫Changing the zoom speed

You can operate the zoom at 2 speeds depending on the rotation angle of the zoom lever.

The zoom speed becomes slower when the rotation angle is small and the zoom speed becomes faster when the rotation angle is large.

AFast B Slow

C Zoom lever

• Zoom speed cannot be changed in the motion picture mode (P74).

∫Storing the zoom position (Zoom resume)

• Refer to P27 for details.

∫Types of zooms

Feature		Optical zoom		Extended optical zoom					Digital zoom
							(EZ)
Maximum									72k [including optical zoom
		18k					32.1k¢1		18k]
magnification									128k [including extended
									optical zoom 32.1k]
Picture									The higher the magnification
		No deterioration				No deterioration			level, the greater the
quality
									deterioration.
Conditions		None		[PICTURE SIZE] with					[DIGITAL ZOOM] (P89) on the
				(P79) is selected.					[REC] menu is set to [ON].
										B
									W		T
Screen	W		T			W		T	W		T
									B The digital zoom range is
display					A
									displayed.
				A [			] is displayed.		The AF area becomes larger
									when the shutter button is
									pressed halfway in the digital
									zoom range¢2.

•When using the zoom function, an estimate of the focus range will appear in conjunction with the zoom display bar. (Example: 0.3 m (0.99 ft.) –¶)

¢1 The magnification level differs depending on [PICTURE SIZE] and [ASPECT RATIO] setting. ¢2 The on-screen zoom indication may momentarily stop moving when you rotate the zoom

lever to the extreme Tele position. You can enter the digital zoom range by continuously rotating the zoom lever to Tele or releasing the zoom lever once and then rotating it to Tele again.

∫Extended optical zoom mechanism

When you set the picture size to [ ] (3 million pixels), the 10M (10.1 million pixels) CCD area is cropped to the center 3M (3 million pixels) area, allowing a picture with a higher zoom effect.

VQT1S36 39