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Various Recording Techniques
Setting the digital zoom
Magnified Recording
(Optical Zoom and
Digital Zoom)
The zoom lever allows you to choose
a range of magnifications from wide-
angle to telephoto zooming.
Optical zooming up to ten times is the
maximum telephoto magnification.
When using a card (recording stills),
only optical zoom works.
Maximum zoom values will depend
on the “Digital Zoom” settings in the
Menu as follows.
Digital zoom options
Off
When the zoom is used, the following
optical zoom bar appears in the LCD
monitor.
HDD
BD-R
RAM
-RW (VR) R
-RW (VF)
BD-RE
CARD
T:Telephoto
(Magnifies
recording)
W:Wide-angle
(Recording over
a wide range)
Current zoom position
Maximum
optical zoom
40x
When the optical zoom exceeds ten
magnifications, the digital zoom
starts working automatically. The
maximum telephoto zoom value is
40x magnification. The zoom bar
appears as follows.
500x
The maximum telephoto zoom is
500x magnification. The zoom bar
appears as follows.
1
During recording pause, press
MENU
.
2
Select “Camera Functions Setup”
“Digital Zoom” a digital zoom
option
3
Press the confirmation button to
confirm, then press
MENU
to end
the menu.
• The “Digital Zoom” setting is
retained in memory even when
the power is turned off.
Current zoom
position
Maximum
optical zoom
Digital range
Current zoom
position
Maximum
optical zoom
Digital range