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Playing Back
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Deleting
Photographed Images
Connecting to
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Other Useful
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Additional
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Preface
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Zoom Photography
Turn the mode dial to one of [
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] [
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Compose the picture with the Tele button or Wide
button to set the zoom.
If you press the Tele button, the camera zooms in on
the subject, making subjects far off appear closer in
the photograph. If you press the Wide button, a wider
area can be included in the photograph.
The position of the lens moves depending on the
Tele/Wide button setting.
Press the shutter button down halfway, then press it
the rest of the way down.
Zoom photography up to a maximum of 40X is possible using the 10X optical zoom and
4X digital zoom depending on the distance up to the subject.
• You can turn the digital zoom on or off on the photography menu.
“DIGITAL ZOOM”
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• The Tele button and Wide button setting is automatically canceled by turning the power
OFF or by activation of the auto power OFF function.
• You can check the zoom state in the screen.
• The color of the digital zoom bar changes as follows according to the resolution and
digital zoom magnification.
Yellow
: Image quality is hardly impaired and sharp-looking photographs can be
taken.
Orange : Image quality is slightly impaired but the subject will look larger in the
photograph.
Memo
Optical zoom 1X to 10X
Digital zoom 1X to 4X
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Tele button
Wide button
