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Taking pictures with zoom
Recording Mode:
∗1 The zoom speed does not change during motion picture recording.
∗2 When or is touched again while zooming, zooming will stop.
●Adjust the focus after adjusting the zoom.
●Do not touch the lens barrel during zooming.
●The zoom ratio and the zoom bar displayed on the screen are estimates.
●The camera may make a rattling noise and vibrate when the zoom lever is operated -
this is not a fault.
You can zoom in up to 16 times with “Optical Zoom”, and up to 33.8 times with “Extra
Optical Zoom” (pictures only) with lower picture quality. To zoom further, you can use
[i.ZOOM] or [Digital Zoom].
Zoom In/Out
Capture a
wider area
(wide-angle)
Enlarge
the subject
(telephoto)
Focus range
Zoom ratio
Zoom bar
• The zoom speed can be set to one of 2 levels using the angle at which the zoom
lever is turned.∗1
Using the zoom by performing touch operations
Touch
The zoom lever appears on the screen.
Touch the T or W edge of the zoom lever on the screen
Fast zooming all the way to the T end∗1,∗2
Fast zooming∗1
Fast zooming all the way to the W end∗1,∗2
Slow zooming
Zoom types and use
The zoom ratio changes when the number of recording pixels is changed.
■Optical Zoom
Zooming in up to 16 times is possible if pictures without have been selected by
[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu. (→85)
■Extra Optical Zoom
Zooming in up to 33.8 times is possible when pictures with have been selected by
[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu (→85). EZ is short for “Extra Optical Zoom.”
●Extra Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode (when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])
• [Macro Zoom] • Motion picture • When the [Burst] setting is set to or
• [Transform], [High Sens.], [Flash Burst], [Pin Hole], [Photo Frame] and [High Speed
Movie] Scene Modes
To increase the zoom ratio further, the following zoom can be used in combination.
■ i.Zoom
The camera uses super resolution technology to increase the zoom ratio. Using super
resolution technology, the zoom ratio can be increased up to about 1.3 times higher
than the original zoom ratio with almost no deterioration of picture quality. (→92)
●When [i.Resolution] is set to [i.ZOOM], super resolution technology is applied to the
picture.
●The i.Zoom functions in the following cases.
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode (except when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])
• Scene Modes (except for [Handheld Night Shot], [High Sens.], [Flash Burst], [Pin
Hole])
●The [i.ZOOM] does not function when [Burst] is set (when or is set).
■Digital Zoom
Zoom 4 times further than Optical/Extra Optical Zoom. Note that, with Digital Zoom,
enlarging will decrease picture quality. Set the [Digital Zoom] in the [Rec] menu to [ON].
(→92)
●Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following modes:
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode • When the [Burst] setting is set to or
• Scene Modes ([Transform], [Handheld Night Shot], [High Sens.], [Flash Burst], [Pin
Hole], [Film Grain], [Photo Frame] and [High Speed Movie])
