Taking photos

Zooming

You can shoot close-up photos by adjusting the zoom. Your camera has a 3X optical zoom and 4X digital zoom. By using both, you can zoom in up to 12 times.

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

Zoom ratio

Zoom out

Zoom in

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.

Optical range

 

 

Zoom indicator

 

 

 

 

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Digital range

The digital zoom is not available when using t, d, s(in some scenes), and vmodes and when using Face Detection, Manual Focus, Smart Filter, and Tracking AF.

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

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Samsung TL500 user manual Zooming, Taking photos, Digital zoom