Techniques for shooting with the zoom (on the telephoto end) (PowerShot D30)

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 20x enlargement.

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

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Using the Digital Tele-Converter

With the [Digital Tele-Converter] setting, the focal length of the lens can be increased by approximately 1.5x or 2.0x. This can reduce camera shake because the shutter speed is faster than it would be if you zoomed (including using digital zoom) in to the same zoom factor.

Press the ⋖MENU⋗ button (), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.5x] or [2.0x].

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Images will look grainy at a resolution of [Large] () or [Medium 1] () . In this case, the zoom factor is shown in blue.

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].

The shutter speed may be equivalent whether you press the ⋖zoom buttons⋗ for maximum telephoto () or you zoom in to enlarge the subject to the same size using digital zoom.

When the ⋖Mode dial⋗ is set to [Program AE] (), either digital tele-converter 1.5x or digital tele-converter 2.0x can be set.

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