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VQT1C63
Basic
Taking Pictures with the Zoom
Using the Optical Zoom /
the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)
You can make people and subjects appear
closer with the 3 times optical zoom, and
landscapes can be recorded in wide angle.
(35 mm fi lm camera equivalent: 35 mm to
105 mm)
To zoom even more (up to 4.5 times with
DMC-LS75/DMC-LS70) with no reduction
in picture quality, choose any resolution for
each of the available aspect ratios except
the largest one.
■
To make subjects appear closer use
(Tele)
Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele.
■
To make subjects appear further
away use (Wide)
Rotate the zoom lever towards Wide.
■
How the extended optical zoom
works
The extended optical zoom works by
extracting the center of the picture and
expanding it for a higher telephoto
effect. So, for example, if you choose
[
] (3M EZ) (3 million pixels), the 7M
(7 million) (DMC-LS75/DMC-LS70) or
6M (6 million) (DMC-LS60) CCD area
is cropped to the center 3M (3 million
pixels) area, allowing a picture with a
higher zoom effect.
■
Resolution and maximum zoom
Aspect
ratio
(P62)
Pixels
(P29, 62)
Maximum zoom (Tele)
DMC-LS75/
DMC-LS70
DMC-LS60
h
DMC-LS75/
DMC-LS70
/
(7M)
3 ×
—
DMC-LS60 only
/
(6M)
—
3 ×
DMC-LS75/
DMC-LS70
(5M EZ)
3.6 ×
—
(3M EZ),
(2M EZ),
(1M EZ),
/
(0.3M EZ)
4.5 ×
4.1 ×
DMC-LS75/
DMC-LS70
(6M)
3 ×
—
DMC-LS60 only
(5M)
—
3 ×
/
(2.5M EZ)
4.5 ×
4.1 ×
j
DMC-LS75/
DMC-LS70
(5.5M)
3 ×
—
DMC-LS60 only
(4.5M)
—
3 ×
(2M EZ)
4.5 ×
4.1 ×
• The optical zoom is set to Wide (1 ×)
when the camera is turned on.
• If you use the zoom function after
focusing on the subject, focus on the
subject again.
• The lens barrel (P9) extends or retracts
according to the zoom position. Take
care not to interrupt the motion of the
lens barrel while the zoom lever is
rotated.
• In motion picture mode [
i
], the zoom
magnifi cation is fi xed to the value set at
the start of recording.
3
M
7
M
5
M
3
M
2
M
1
M
0.3
M
6
M
2.5
M
2
M
5.5
M
6
M
5
M
4.5
M