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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT
■ Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom Switch Point
If you hold the zoom controller towards [ ] in step 2 of the
above procedure, the zoom operation will stop when the optical
zoom factor reaches its maximum. Momentarily releasing the
zoom controller and then holding it again towards [ ] will
switch to digital zoom, which you can use to set an even higher
zoom factor.
• When the zoom pointer moves past the maximum limit of
optical zoom. Also, the zoom bar indicates the approximate
zoom factor.
● Zoom Values for Each Image Size
Digital Zoom Indicator
Zoom Bar
Focus Range
(Displayed when shooting
with Auto Focus, macro, or
manual focus.)
10M 1X 3X 12X
3:2 1X 3X 12X
16:9 1X 3X 12X
5M 1X 4.3X 17.1X
3M 1X 5.3X 21.3X
2M 1X 6.8X 26.5X
VGA 1X 17.1X 45.2X
1X 12X to 45.2X*
Zoom Pointer
(Indicates current
zoom.)
Image Deterioration Point
Image starts to deteriorate from here.
* Point factor depends on image size.
Undeteriorated Image Quality
Range
Deteriorated Image Quality
Range
3X to 17.1X*
Optical/Digital Switch Point
Undeteriorated Image
Quality Range
Deteriorated Image
Quality Range