If you cannot shoot the subject up close with the optical zoom, please consider the following.
Using the digital zoom
You can use the [Digital zoom] to zoom up to a maximum of approximately 48x and capture subjects that are too far away for the optical zoom to enlarge.
Press the ⋖MENU⋗ button (), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].
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- [Low Light] (), [Fish-eye Effect] (), [Miniature Effect] (), [Toy Camera Effect] (), [Monochrome] (), [Monochrome] (), [Poster Effect] (), [Color Accent] (), [Color Swap] ()
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Using the safety zoom
Depending on how you have set the number of recording pixels and the magnification of the [Digital zoom], the [Zoom bar] may be displayed in yellow (safety zoom).
To shoot with the [Digital zoom] without causing the image quality to degrade, please shoot within the range of the safety zoom.
Using the digital tele-converter
With the [Digital Tele-Converter] setting, the focal length of the lens can be increased by a factor equivalent to 1.7x or 2.1x. This makes it possible to increase the magnification without compromising the brightness of the lens even more than increasing the magnification to the same rate in ordinary zoom operations (including digital zoom), enabling you to shoot with a faster shutter speed, thereby minimizing camera shake and subject blurring.
Press the ⋖MENU⋗ button (), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.7x] or [2.1x].
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- ⋖AUTO⋗ (), ⋖Easy⋗ (), ⋖SCN⋗ (), ⋖Creative Filters⋗ (), ⋖Discreet⋗ (), ⋖Movie⋗ ()
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The respective focal lengths when using [1.7x] and [2.1x] are 47.6 – 571.2 mm and 58.8 – 705.6 mm (35mm film equivalent).