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The zoom bar is displayed as follows.
*1 You can zoom in to a maximum of 18× optically.
*2 The Intelligent Zoom range differs depending on the number of
recorded pixels. See the following table.
Recorded pixels and the maximum zoom ratio
Recorded
Pixels
Intelligent Zoom
Digital Zoom
m
Not Available (optical zoom only)
Equivalent to approx.
130×
n
/
o
Not Available (optical zoom only)
6
Approx. 27×
h
Approx. 40.5×
h
Approx. 43.2×
i
Approx. 51.8×
m
Approx. 130×
(Same as
Digital Zoom)
• It is recommended to use a tripod or other support to prevent camera
shake when taking pictures at high zoom.
• Pictures taken in the Digital Zoom range appear grainier than pictures
taken in the optical zoom range.
• Intelligent Zoom is not available under the following conditions:
- When the number of recorded pixels is set to
m
/
n
/
o
(optical zoom is available)
- In
c
(Digital SR) mode
- When the sensitivity is set to 3200 or 6400
• The image enlarged using Intelligent Zoom may appear rough on the
display. This does not affect the quality of the recorded image.
• In
C
(Movie) mode, only Digital Zoom is available while recording.
Zoom in with high
image quality.
Zoom in with some degree of
image deterioration.
Optical zoom range
*1
Intelligent
Zoom range
*2
Digital Zoom
range