Canon PowerShot SX160 IS

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Common, Convenient Features
StillImages Movies
Zooming In Closer on Subjects (Digital Zoom)
Whendistantsubjectsaretoofarawaytoenlargeusingtheopticalzoom,
usedigitalzoomforuptoabout64xenlargement.
ZoomFactor
1 Movethezoomlevertoward
<i>.
z Holdtheleveruntilzoomingstops.
X Zoomingstopsatthelargestpossiblezoom
factor(beforetheimagebecomesnoticeably
grainy),whichisthenindicatedonthescreen.
2 Movethezoomlevertoward
<i>again.
X Tocontinuemagnifyingthesubject,keep
zooming.
• Movingthezoomleverwilldisplaythezoombar(whichindicates
thezoomposition).Thecolorofthezoombarwillchange
dependingonthezoomrange.
-Whiterange:opticalzoomrangewhere heimagewillnotappeargrainy.
-Yellowrange:digitalzoomrangewheretheimageisnot
noticeablygrainy(ZoomPlus).
-Bluerange:digitalzoomrangewheretheimagewillappeargrainy.
Becausethebluerangewillnotbeavailableatsomeresolution
settings(=  55)themaximumzoomfactorcanbeachievedby
followingstep1.
• Zoomedimagesmaylookgrainy,undersomeresolu ionsettings (=  55)
andzoomfactors.Inthiscase,thezoomfactorisshowninblue.
• Focallengthwhenopticalanddigitalzoomarecombinedisasfollows
(35mmlmequivalent).
28–1792mm(28–448mmwithopticalzoomalone)
• Todeactivatedigitalzoom,pressthe<n>button,choose[DigitalZoom]
onthe[4]tab,andthenchoose[Off].