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Zooming
Advanced shooting
Notes
• The zoom feature of the camera is unavailable
– When the exposure mode is set to Sweep Panorama.
– [Quality] is set to [RAW] or [RAW & JPEG].
• The [Clear Image Zoom] is unavailable
– When the exposure mode is set to Tele-zoom Continuous Priority AE.
– The drive mode is set to Continuous Shooting or continuous bracket shooting.
• You cannot use the Smart Zoom or [Clear Image Zoom] function with movies.
• When the zoom scale of the electronic zoom is higher than 2.0 times, [AF area] is set
to center weighted.
• When the electronic zoom is available, [Metering Mode] is set to [Multi segment].
To change the setting of [Clear Image Zoom]
The default setting is [On].
MENU button t 2 t [Clear Image Zoom] t Select the desired
setting
To change the setting of [Digital Zoom]
The default setting is [Off]. If you want to use higher magnification
regardless of the deterioration of the image, set it to [On].
MENU button t 2 t [Digital Zoom] t Select the desired setting
Gives priority to image
quality when zooming
images.
Clear Image Zoom: On
Digital Zoom: Off
L About 2×
About 2×
M About 3×
About 3×
S About 4.5×
About 4.6×
Gives priority to higher
magnification when
zooming images.
Clear Image Zoom: On
Digital Zoom: On
L About 4×
About 4×
M About 6.1×
About 6×
S About 9.1×
About 9.1×
Setting
Image
size
Zoom scale with optical zoom
(Upper row: Full-frame size shooting/lower
row: APS-C size shooting)