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Taking Pictures
The zoom bar is displayed as follows.
*1 You can zoom in to a maximum of 20× optically.
*2 The Intelligent Zoom range differs depending on the recorded
pixels. See the following table.
Recorded pixels and the maximum zoom ratio
Recorded
pixels
Intelligent Zoom
(Zoom magnification includes 20× optical)
Digital Zoom
m Not Available (20× optical zoom only)
Equivalent to approx.
144×
n/o Not Available (20× optical zoom only)
6 Approx. 30×
h Approx. 45×
A Approx. 48×
Equivalent to approx.
144×
i Approx. 57.6×
m
Approx. 144×
(Same as Digital Zoom)
• It is recommended to use a tripod to prevent camera shake when
taking pictures at a high magnification rate.
• Pictures taken in the Digital Zoom range appear grainier than pictures
taken in the optical zoom range.
• Intelligent Zoom and Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following
situations:
•In c (Digital SR) and N (Handheld Night Snap) modes
• When the sensitivity is set to 3200 or 6400
• The image enlarged using Intelligent Zoom may appear rough on the
display. This does not affect the quality of recorded image.
• In movie recording mode, optical zooming is only available before
recording starts, while digital zooming is available during recording.
Selecting the Recorded Pixels 1p.103
Zoom in with high
image quality.
Zoom in with some degree
of image deterioration.
Optical zoom range
*1
Intelligent
Zoom range
*2
Digital Zoom
range