Operating instructions

Application (Record)
Using Zoom
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Zoom types and use
The zoom ratio changes when the number of recording pixels is changed.
Optical Zoom
Zooming in up to 7.1x is possible if pictures without have been selected by [Picture
Size] on the [Rec] menu. (→128)
Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• [Macro Zoom]
• Scene Mode ([3D Photo Mode])
Extra optical zoom
Zooming in up to 13.9x is possible when pictures with have been selected by
[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu (→128). EZ is short for “Extra optical zoom”.
Extra optical zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• [Macro Zoom]
• Motion picture
• When the [Burst] setting is set to or
• Scene Modes ([HDR], [3D Photo Mode])
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])
• When the [Quality] setting is set to [ ], [ ] or [ ]