Shooting with the Digital Tele-Converter
16-Mar-2010
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Solution
With the [Digital Tele-Converter] setting, a focal length that is equivalent to 1.5x or 2.0x digital zoom can be achieved. Compared to the normal zooming operation (including digital zoom), even higher magnification can be achieved without decreasing lens brightness. You can shoot with faster shutter speeds while reducing camera and subject shake.
It is convenient to have this setting preset when you want to zoom in on distant subjects to capture them.
CAUTION
- In this section, [PowerShot A3100 IS] is used as an example to explain the operations. Depending on your model, the position of buttons, screen indications, and setting items may vary.
- The following explanations are provided based on the assumption that the [Shooting Mode] is set to [Program AE] (
). - Depending on the combination of selected recording pixels and the [Digital Tele-Converter] setting, the image may appear coarse.
- The digital tele-converter cannot be used together with the digital zoom.
- This setting cannot be set in the following shooting modes.
- [Easy]* (
), [Low Light] (
), [Movie] (
), [Widescreen] (
)
), [Low Light] (), [Movie] (), [Widescreen] ()* Only applicable to supported models.
1. Press the <Power> button on the camera.
2. Press the <MENU> (
) button.
) button.
3. The following screen will appear on the LCD monitor.
Operate the <directional buttons> to select 
the [Shooting] (
) tab.
the [Shooting] () tab.Operate the <directional buttons> to set 
[Digital Zoom] to [1.5x] or [2.0x].
[Digital Zoom] to [1.5x] or [2.0x].After making these settings, press the <MENU> () button.
) button.4. The following screen appears.
The screen is magnified, and the magnification value is displayed.
NOTE
- Using [1.5x] at a recording pixel setting of [Large] (
) or [Medium 1] (
) will cause image deterioration. The zoom factor is displayed in blue. - Using [2.0x] at a recording pixel setting of [Large] (), [Medium 1] () or [Medium 2] (
) will cause image deterioration. The zoom factor is displayed in blue.