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Shoot View Connect The Setup Menu Technical Notes
Point-and-Shoot Photography and Movie Recording
❚❚ Taking Photographs
If you hold the zoom control to g
after zooming in to the maximum
optical zoom position, you can
further increase magnification by up
to 4× with digital zoom. G mode is
selected when digital zoom is in
effect. Note that due to the digital
processing used to enlarge the
image, pictures become noticeably
“grainy” at positions past the V icon
in the zoom display. To prevent loss of quality at higher zoom
ratios, choose a smaller Image mode setting (A 25).
When i mode is selected, a G
icon will appear in the zoom display
and the zoom display will turn green
when zoom is between this icon and the W position. At the W
position the camera can focus on objects as close as about
5 cm (2 in.) to the lens, while at the G position it can focus on
subjects as close as about 20 cm (8 in.).
Autofocus: If faces are detected,
the camera will focus on the face
closest to the camera. If no face is
detected or digital zoom is in effect,
the camera will focus on the subject
in the center of the display.
The AF-assist illuminator (A 5) may
light to assist the focus operation if
the subject is poorly lit.
The illuminator has a range of about
1.4 m (4 ft 7 in.) at the maximum
wide-angle position and about 0.8 m
(2 ft 7 in.) at the maximum telephoto position.
Although the focus area may still be displayed or the in-
focus indicator light green, the camera may fail to focus if the
subject is very dark, fast-moving, mixes areas of sharply
contrasting brightness (e.g., is half in the shade) or near and
distant objects (e.g., is behind the bars of a cage), is dominated
by regular geometric patterns (e.g., venetian blinds or a row of
windows in a skyscraper), or contrasts poorly with the
background (e.g., is the same color as the background). Should
this occur, try pressing the shutter-release button halfway a
second time or recomposing the photograph.
Optical
zoom
Digital
zoom
Digital zoom takes
effect
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