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Digital Zoom
Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 4×).
When the zoom scale is exceeded, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.
1. Set the camera to shooting mode.
2. MENU (Settings) (Shooting Settings) [Digital Zoom] desired mode
Smart (
)
Enlarges the image digitally within the range where the image will not be
distorted, according to the image size (Smart zoom).
Precision
(
)
Enlarges all image sizes by the total zoom scale of approximately 8×, including
the optical zoom 4×. However, note that the image quality deteriorates when
the optical zoom scale is exceeded (Precision digital zoom).
Off Does not use the digital zoom.
Notes
The Digital Zoom function does not operate in the following situations:
In Sweep Panorama mode
In Movie Mode
When the Smile Shutter function is activated.
When [Self-Timer] is set to [Self-portrait One Person] or [Self-portrait Two People].
The smart zoom is not available when the image size is set to [12M] or [16:9(9M)].
The Face Detection function does not work when using the digital zoom.
Total zoom scale when using Smart zoom (including optical zoom
4×)
The supported zoom ratio differs depending on the image size.
Size Total zoom scale
8M Approx. ×4.9
5M Approx. ×6.2
VGA Approx. ×25
16:9(2M) Approx. ×8.3
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