Recorded pixels and the maximum zoom ratio

Recorded

Intelligent Zoom

Digital Zoom

pixels

 

 

D/E

Not Available (4× optical zoom only)

 

6

Approx. 5.2×

 

f

Approx. 6.2×

Equivalent to approx.

h

Approx. 7.8×

25.0×

M

Approx. 8.3×

 

l

Approx. 15.6×

 

m

Approx. 25.0×

 

(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 is not available under the following conditions:

-when the recorded pixels is set to D/E(4× optical zoom available)

-in c(Digital SR) mode

-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 C (Movie) mode, only Digital Zoom is available while recording.

To Set the Digital Zoom

The digital zoom is set to O(On) in the default settings. To take pictures using only the optical zoom and Intelligent Zoom, set the digital zoom to

P(Off).1 Press the 3button in Amode.

The [ARec. Mode] menu appears.

2 Use the four-way controller (23) to select [DigitalZoom].

3 TakingPictures

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