Digital Zoom
Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 10×). When the zoom scale is exceeded, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.
1Set the camera to shooting mode.
2MENU t 
(Settings) t 
(Shooting Settings) t [Digital Zoom] t desired mode t z on the control button
Smart ( ) | Enlarges the image digitally within the range where the image will |
| not be distorted, according to the image size (Smart zoom). |
Precision (
) Enlarges all image sizes by the total zoom scale of approximately 20×, including the optical zoom 10×. However, note that the picture quality deteriorates when the optical zoom scale is exceeded (Precision digital zoom).
Off | Does not use the digital zoom. |
Notes
•Digital zoom is not available in the following cases:
–Shooting movies
–The Smile Shutter is working
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(Advanced Sports Shooting) is selected in the Scene Selection mode
•The smart zoom is not available when the image size is set to [10M], [3:2(8M)] or [16:9(7M)].
•The Face Detection function does not work when using the digital zoom.
Total zoom scale when using Smart zoom (including optical zoom 10×)
The supported zoom ratio differs depending on the image size.
Size | Total zoom scale |
5M | Approx. 14× |
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3M | Approx. 17× |
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VGA | Approx. 57× |
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16:9(2M) | Approx. 19× |
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