FAQs & troubleshooting

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

Content Id: 8201738400

Solution

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 [On].

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

Caution

Depending on the recording pixel setting and zoom factor, the images may appear coarse (the zoom factor will appear 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] ()

Caution

Focal length when optical and digital zoom are combined is as follows (35mm film equivalent).

28 - 560 mm (28 – 140 mm with optical zoom alone)

Using ZoomPlus

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 (ZoomPlus).

To shoot with the digital zoom without causing the image quality to degrade, please shoot within the range of ZoomPlus.

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