Operation Manual

30 VQT2M98
Taking pictures with zoom (Continued)
Recording Mode:
Enlarging further [DIGITAL ZOOM]
Zoom 4 times further than Optical/Extended Optical Zoom.
(Note that, with Digital Zoom, enlarging will decrease picture quality.)
Display the [REC] menu Select [ON]
Select [DIGITAL ZOOM] Close menu
Digital Zoom area is displayed within zoom bar on screen.
Digital Zoom area
16 x
e.g. With 16 x
• Zoom motion stops momentarily when entering
Digital Zoom range.
• Within Digital Zoom range, AF area is displayed
larger when the shutter button is pressed halfway.
• We recommend using a tripod and [SELFTIMER].
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A greater degree of distortion may be generated by taking wider-angled pictures of
close objects, while using more telescopic zoom may result in more coloring appearing
around the outlines of objects.
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The camera may make a rattling noise and vibrate when the zoom lever is operated –
this is not a fault.
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When Extended Optical Zoom is used, zooming momentarily stops partway, but this is not a
malfunction.
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Extended Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
[MACRO ZOOM], Motion Picture, [TRANSFORM], [HIGH SENS.], [HI-SPEED BURST],
[FLASH BURST], and [PHOTO FRAME] Scene Modes
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Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following modes:
• ([INTELLIGENT AUTO] Mode) • [TRANSFORM], [HIGH SENS.], [HI-SPEED
BURST], [FLASH BURST], [FILM GRAIN] and [PHOTO FRAME] Scene Modes