Operation Manual

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Taking pictures with zoom
Recording Mode:
Zoom In/Out
Capture a wider
area (wide-angle)
Enlarge the subject
(telephoto)
W side (wide-angle):
1 x
T side (telephoto):
up to 4 x
Focus
range
Zoom ratio
(approx.)
Zoom bar
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Adjust the focus after adjusting the zoom.
Optical Zoom and Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)
Automatically switches to ‘Optical Zoom’ when using maximum Picture Size (→53), and
to ‘Extended Optical Zoom’ (for further zooming) otherwise. (EZ is short for ‘Extended
Optical Zoom’.)
• Optical Zoom • Extended Optical Zoom
Zoom bar
( displayed)
‘Optical Zoom’ offers 4 x magnification. At a lower recording pixel level, ‘Extended Optical
Zoom’ can be used to zoom up to 8.4 x (DMC-FP2) or 7.8 x (DMC-FP1). For zooming in
even closer, ‘Digital Zoom’ is available.
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Maximum zoom ratios by picture size
DMC-FP2 Optical Zoom Extended Optical Zoom
[PICTURE SIZE] 14 M - 10.5 M
10 M
5 M 3 M or less
Max. enlargement 4 x 4.7 x 6.8 x 8.4 x
DMC-FP1 Optical Zoom Extended Optical Zoom
[PICTURE SIZE] 12 M - 9 M
8 M
5 M 3 M or less
Max. enlargement 4 x 4.9 x 6.3 x 7.8 x
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Extended Optical Zoom system
When the recording pixel level is set to [3 M ] (corresponding to 3 million pixels), 3
million pixels of the available pixel level in the center of the CCD are used in recording,
enabling higher magnification.
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The enlargement ratio displayed in the bar on screen is an estimate.