Techniques for shooting with the zoom (on the telephoto end) (PowerShot SX260 HS / SX240 HS)

If you cannot shoot the subject up close with the optical zoom, please consider the following.

Using the digital zoom

When distant subjects are too far away to enlarge using the optical zoom, use digital zoom for up to about 80x enlargement.

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

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Using the 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 the ZoomPlus.

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 1.5x or 2.0x. 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 [1.5x] or [2.0x].

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The [Digital tele-converter] cannot be used with [digital zoom] and [AF-point zoom].

The [Digital tele-converter] can only be used in an aspect ratio of [4:3].

In cases where you have pressed the ⋖Zoom lever⋗ to maximum telephoto (), the shutter speed may be the same as when zoomed in on the subject using digital zoom.

When the ⋖Mode dial⋗ is set to any of the following modes, either digital tele-converter 1.5x or digital tele-converter 2.0x can be set.

- [Program AE] (), [Manual] (), [Aperture Priority] (), [Shutter Speed Priority] (), [Live View Control] ()

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