Canon PowerShot ELPH 500 HS, User Manual

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Zooming in More Closely on Subjects (Digital Zoom)
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Digital Tele-Converter
The focal length of the lens can be increased by approximately 1.5x or
approximately 2.0x. This enables a faster shutter speed and less chance of
camera shake than the zoom (including digital zoom) used by itself at the
same zoom factor.
However, a recording pixel setting (p. 60) of
or will cause images to
appear coarse (the zoom factor will appear in blue).
Choose [Digital Zoom].
z
Touch
ø
, then touch
n
.
z
Touch the
4
tab.
z
Drag up or down the screen to choose
[Digital Zoom].
Choose the setting.
z
Touch
qr
to choose a zoom factor.
z
Touching
Ú
restores the settings screen.
X The view will be enlarged and the zoom
factor will appear on the screen.
z
To return to standard digital zoom, choose
[Digital Zoom] and the [Standard] option.
• The respective focal lengths when using [1.5x] and [2.0x] are
approximately 36.0 – 157.5 mm and approximately 48.0 – 210.0 mm
(35mm film equivalent).
• The digital tele-converter cannot be used together with the digital zoom.
• The shutter speeds may be the same when at maximum telephoto
i
,
and when zoomed in on the subject using Step 2 on p. 55.
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