Taking photos

Zooming

You can shoot close-up photos by adjusting the zoom. Your camera has a 4.6X optical zoom and 5X digital zoom. By using both, you can zoom in up to 23 times.

Push [Zoom] right to zoom in on your subject. Push [Zoom] left to zoom out.

Zoom ratio

Zoom out

Zoom in

The zoom ratio available for videos differs.

Digital zoom

If the zoom indicator is in the digital range, your camera is using the digital zoom. The picture quality may deteriorate when you use the digital zoom.

Zoom indicator

Digital range

Optical range

t The digital zoom is not available when using S, d, s (in some scenes), and v modes and when used with Face Detection.

t It may take longer to save a photo when using the digital zoom.

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EC-ST550ZBPLE2, EC-ST550ZBPLVN, EC-ST550ZBPGDZ, EC-ST550ZBPOAU, EC-ST550ZBPBRU specifications

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