Sharp VL-WD255U Setting the Digital Zoom, To use optical zoom only, Select OFF in above

Setting the Digital Zoom

You can select from among four different zoom ranges: 1–26K(optical zoom), 26–50K(digital zoom), 26–100K(digital zoom) or 26–780K(digital zoom). The digital zoom allows you to record powerful close-up pictures with the same operation as normal zooming.

Notes:

•The digital zoom is in addition to the optical zoom giving a combined maximum zoom range of 1–780K.

•As the image is enlarged digitally, the picture quality decreases when higher digital zoom settings are used.

1 Set the camcorder to TAPE-CAMERA or CARD-CAMERA mode.

2 Press the MENU/DISPLAY button until the menu screen appears.

MANUAL S E T

MAN. F OCUS

SHU T. SP E E D

E XPOSURE

P I C. E F F E C T

SC E NE MENU

F ADE

QK. RE T URN

D I S

3 Select Y, then press ron the Operation button. Select “DGTL ZOOM” (1), then press r (2).

CAME RA		SE T
	PHO T O	SNAP
	SNAP	E F F .
	DG T L	ZOOM	OF F
	T AP E	SP E E D	5 0
	1 6 : 9		1 0 0
			7 8 0

4 Press d or y to select “50”, “100” or “780”, then press e.

DG T L ZOOM 1 0 0

5 Press the MENU/DISPLAY button to turn off the menu screen.

•The “D” digital zoom indicator is displayed during digital zooming.

Digital zoom indicator

W T D- ZOOM 5 0

To use optical zoom only

Select “OFF” in step 4 above.

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