FAQs & troubleshooting

Techniques for shooting with the zoom (on the telephoto end)

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Solution

Using the digital zoom
Using the safety zoom

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 20x and capture subjects that are too far away for the optical zoom to enlarge.

Set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard]

Press the ⋖MENU⋗ button (), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].

Caution

Zoomed images may look grainy, under some resolution settings and zoom factors. In this case, the zoom factor is shown in blue.

The [Digital Zoom] cannot be used in the following modes.

- [Low light] (), [Digital IS] * (), [Fish-eye Effect] (), [Miniature Effect] (), [Toy Camera Effect] (), [Monochrome] (), [Super Vivid] (), [Poster Effect] ()

* PowerShot A2300, PowerShot A1300, PowerShot A810 only

Caution

The focal lengths when using the optical zoom and digital zoom together are as follows (all focal lengths are 35mm film equivalent): 28 – 560 mm (28 – 140 mm when using the optical zoom alone)

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.

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