Filter
Top Products
- 51 -
Using Zoom
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. (→80)
●
Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• Scene Mode ([Panorama Shot])
• [Macro Zoom]
■
Extra Optical Zoom
Zooming in up to 31.3 times is possible when pictures with have been selected by
[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu (→80). 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
• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.])
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])
To increase the zoom ratio further, the following zoom can be used in combination.
■
[i.ZOOM]
You can use the camera’s Intelligent Resolution technology to increase the zoom ratio
up to 2 times higher than the original zoom ratio with limited deterioration of picture
quality. (→87)
●
When [i.Resolution] is set to [i.ZOOM], Intelligent 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 ([Portrait] [Soft Skin] [Scenery] [Sports] [Night Portrait] [Night
Scenery] [Food] [Baby] [Pet] [Sunset] [Glass Through] [Underwater])
●
[i.ZOOM] does not function in the following cases.
• When the [Burst] setting is set to , or
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])
• [Macro Zoom]
■
[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].
(→88)
●
Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following modes:
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode • When the [Burst] setting is set to , or
• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Handheld Night Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.])
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect] [Miniature Effect])
●
When Digital Zoom is used simultaneously with i.Zoom, you can only increase the
zoom ratio up to 2 times.