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4
Taking Pictures
Recorded pixels and the maximum zoom ratio
The Intelligent Zoom range and the Digital Zoom range is displayed
as an icon above the zoom bar.
: Intelligent Zoom range
y
: Digital Zoom range
Recorded
pixels
Intelligent Zoom
Digital Zoom
J
Not Available (3× optical zoom available)
Equivalent to approx.
17.1×
6
Approx. 3.6×
f
Approx. 4.2×
h
Approx. 5.3×
Approx. 5.3×
i
Approx. 6.8×
l
Approx. 10.7×
m
Approx. 17.1× (Same as 17.1× Digital
Zoom)
• You are recommended to use a tripod to prevent camera shake when
taking pictures at a high magnification rate.
• Pictures taken in the digital zoom range appear grainier than pictures
taken in the optical zoom range.
• Intelligent Zoom is not available under the following conditions.
- When the recorded pixels is set to
J
. (3x optical zoom
available)
- In
d
(Movie)
- In
4
(Digital SR)
- When the sensitivity is set to 3200 or 6400.
• The image enlarged using Intelligent Zoom may appear rough on the
display. This does not affect the quality of recorded image.
• In
d
, only Digital Zoom is available.
•
i
is available exclusively in
A
(Digital Panorama).
• In (Half-length Portrait), when the camera recognizes the subject’s
face, it automatically zooms in within the Intelligent Zoom range.
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