Solution
If you cannot shoot the subject up close with the optical zoom, please consider the following.
When distant subjects are too far away to enlarge using the optical zoom,
use digital zoom for up to about 40x enlargement.
- Set the [Digital Zoom] to [On].
Press the <MENU> button (
), and from the [Shooting] (
) tab, set the [Digital Zoom] to [On].
IMPORTANT
- Depending on the recording pixel setting and zoom factor, the images may appear coarse (the zoom factor will appear in blue).
- The [Digital Zoom] cannot be used in the following modes.
- [Smooth Skin] (
), [High-speed Burst] (
), [Handheld NightScene] (
), [Fish-eye Effect] (
), [Miniature Effect] (
), [Toy Camera Effect] (
), [Soft Focus Effect] (
), [Monochrome] (
), [Super Vivid] (
), [Poster Effect] (
), [Color Swap] (
), [Color Accent] (
), [Stitch Assist] (
), [Slow Motion Movie] (
)
NOTE
- Focal length when optical and digital zoom are combined is as follows (35mm film equivalent).
24 - 960 mm (24 – 240 mm with optical zoom alone)
Depending on how you have set the number of recording pixels and the magnification of the digital zoom, the zoom bar may be displayed in yellow (ZoomPlus).
To shoot with the digital zoom without causing the image quality to degrade, please shoot within the range of ZoomPlus.
