Basic
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Taking Pictures with the
Zoom
You can make people and objects appear
closer and landscapes can be recorded in
wide angle with the 3.6
k
optical zoom.
(35 mm film camera equivalent 28 mm to
100 mm) To make subjects appear even
closer (maximum of 7
k
), do not set the
picture size to the highest setting for each
aspect ratio (
/
/
).
∫
To make subjects appear closer use
(Tele)
Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele.
∫
To make subjects appear further away
use (Wide)
Rotate the zoom lever towards
Wide.
∫
Picture size and maximum zoom
magnification
(
±
: Available, —: Not available)
∫
Extra optical zoom mechanism
When you set the picture size to [
]
(3M EZ) (3 million pixels), the 12M
(12.2 million pixels) CCD area is cropped to
the centre 3M (3 million pixels) area, allowing
a picture with a higher zoom effect.
Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extra
Optical Zoom (EZ)
Aspect
ratio
(P74)
Picture size
(P28, 75)
Maximum
zoom magnifi-
cation (Tele)
Extra opti-
cal zoom
/
(12M)
3.6
k
—
(10.5M)
(9M)
(8M EZ)
4.4
k
±
(7M EZ)
(6M EZ)
(5M EZ)
5.6
k
±
(4.5M EZ)
(3.5M EZ)
(3M EZ)
(2M EZ)
/
(0.3M EZ)
7
k
±
/
(2.5M EZ)
(2M EZ)