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Using Zoom

Zoom types and use

The zoom ratio changes when the picture size is changed. (→80)

■Optical Zoom

Zooming in up to 35x is possible if pictures without have been selected by [Picture
Size] on the [Rec] menu.
●Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• Scene Mode ([Panorama Shot])
• [Macro Zoom]
●The optical zoom ratio cannot be changed after starting to record motion pictures.

■Extended optical zoom

Zooming in up to 78.8x is possible when pictures with have been selected by
[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu.
EZ is short for “Extended optical zoom”.
●Extended optical zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• Motion picture
• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.])
• When the [Burst] setting is set to
• [Macro Zoom]
To increase the zoom ratio further, the following zoom can be used in combination.

■[Digital Zoom]

Zoom 4x further than Optical/Extended optical zoom. Note that, with Digital Zoom,
enlarging will decrease picture quality. Set the [Digital Zoom] in the [Rec] menu to [ON].
(→86)
●Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode
• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.])
• When the [Burst] setting is set to