Panasonic PV-DV53 operating instructions Digital Features, Digital Zoom

Digital Zoom

This feature is useful when you want to record close-up shots of subjects located beyond a normal zoom range of 1X to 10X magnification. With the digital zooming feature, you can select a magnification of 25X or even to 700X.

Note

•Other Digital Functions are turned off automatically when the EIS and Digital Zoom are selected.

EVF/LCD

Zoom In (“T”)

D.ZOOM

Zoom Out (“W”)

5POWER

ZOOM

3, 4

JOG KEY

1POWER

2MENU

5REC/PAUSE

Digital Features

CAMERA mode

1 Set POWER to CAMERA.

2 Press MENU to display the CAMERA FUNCTIONS menu screen.

3 Rotate JOG KEY to select CAMERA SETUP , then press JOG KEY

to display the CAMERA SETUP menu screen.

4 Rotate JOG KEY to select D. ZOOM , then press JOG KEY to select

25X or 700X.

25X : from 10X to 25X

700X : from 10X to 700X

OFF : Turn off D.ZOOM

•Press MENU to exit.

5 Press REC/PAUSE to start recording and press POWER ZOOM to zoom in or zoom out.

•The magnification level is always displayed in the EVF or the LCD monitor when DISPLAY is set to ALL or PARTIAL. (Menu OSD: p. 60)

6 Repeat steps 2~4 to select OFF to cancel this feature.

Note

•The normal optical zoom functions from 1X to 10X.

•As magnification increases, resolution significantly decreases.

•Because the image is enlarged digitally, the picture may become distorted when higher magnification levels are used.

•When the level falls below 10X, the normal zooming function will resume.

•Focus distance becomes 1.2 m (4 feet) if the lens is in full telephoto.

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