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 17x enlargement.
Press the ⋖MENU⋗ button (), choose [Digital Zoom] on the [Shooting] tab (
), and then set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].
Caution
--White range: optical zoom range where the image will not appear grainy.
--Yellow range: digital zoom range where the image is not noticeably grainy (ZoomPlus).
--Blue range: digital zoom range where the image will appear grainy.
Because the blue range will not be available at some resolution settings, you can zoom to the largest possible zoom factor
- [Creative Shot] (), [Star] (
), [Handheld NightScene] (
), [High Dynamic Range] (
), [Nostalgic] (
), [Fish-eye Effect] (
), [Miniature Effect] (
), [Toy Camera Effect] (
), [Background Defocus] (
), [Soft Focus] (
), [Monochrome] (
), [Super Vivid] (
), [Poster Effect] (
)
Caution
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 approximately 1.6x 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.
1. Press the ⋖ ⋗ button, and from the [Shooting] tab (
) set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.6x] or [2.0x].
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