The zoom bar is displayed as follows.

 

 

Zoom in with high

Zoom in with some degree

 

 

image quality.

of image deterioration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Optical zoom range*1

 

Intelligent

Digital Zoom

 

 

 

 

Zoom range*2

range

*1 You can zoom in to a maximum of 20× optically.

*2 The Intelligent Zoom range differs depending on the recorded pixels. See the following table.

Recorded pixels and the maximum zoom ratio

Recorded

Intelligent Zoom

Digital Zoom

pixels

(Zoom magnification includes 20× optical)

 

m

Not Available (20× optical zoom only)

Equivalent to approx.

n/o

Not Available (20× optical zoom only)

144×

6

Approx. 30×

 

h

Approx. 45×

 

A

Approx. 48×

Equivalent to approx.

i

Approx. 57.6×

144×

m

Approx. 144×

 

(Same as Digital Zoom)

 

 

 

• It is recommended to use a tripod to prevent camera shake when taking pictures at a high magnification rate.

Pictures taken in the Digital Zoom range appear grainier than pictures taken in the optical zoom range.

Intelligent Zoom and Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following situations:

In c(Digital SR) and N(Handheld Night Snap) modes

When the sensitivity is set to 3200 or 6400

The image enlarged using Intelligent Zoom may appear rough on the display. This does not affect the quality of recorded image.

In movie recording mode, optical zooming is only available before recording starts, while digital zooming is available during recording.

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