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Using the Zoom Function
Your camera has a combination of optical and digital zoom functions that allows you
to zoom in on far away subjects or zoom out for a wide angle shot.
The optical zoom is achieved by mechanically adjusting the lens of the camera. The
digital zoom enlarges or shrinks the image using a software process.
Make the zoom setting, and point the
camera at the subject.
Press the zoom button (
n
) to compose the
image.
[W]: zoom out for a wide-angle shot.
[T] : zoom in for a telephoto shot.
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When the zoom button is pressed, the
zoom bar appears on the LCD monitor.
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When the optical zoom (
o
) factor is at
maximum, zooming stops temporarily.
Press the [[T] again, the camera switches
to the digital zoom (
p
) automatically
and zooming continues.
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The digital zoom (
p
) will not activate in
movie recording.
Press shutter button to take a picture.
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Digital zoom works by enlarging the center portion of an image through a
software interpolation process.
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The digital zoom is used to achieve magnification levels up to approx. 4 times.
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