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Basic
Taking Pictures with the
Zoom
You can make people and objects appear
closer and landscapes can be recorded in
wide angle with the 3.6k optical zoom.
(35 mm film camera equivalent 28 mm to
100 mm) To make subjects appear even
closer (maximum of 5.7k), do not set the
picture size to the highest setting for each
aspect ratio ( / / ).
∫ To make subjects appear closer use
(Tele)
Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele.
∫ To make subjects appear further away
use (Wide)
Rotate the zoom lever towards
Wide.
∫ Picture size and maximum zoom
magnification
(±: Available, —: Not available)
∫ Extra optical zoom mechanism
When you set the picture size to [ ]
(3M EZ) (3 million pixels), the 8M (8.1 million
pixels) CCD area is cropped to the centre 3M
(3 million pixels) area, allowing a picture with
a higher zoom effect.
Using the Optical Zoom/Using the
Extra Optical Zoom (EZ)
Aspect
ratio
(P80)
Picture size
(P81)
Maximum
zoom magnifi-
cation (Tele)
Extra opti-
cal zoom
(8M)
3.6k
— (7M)
(6M)
(5M EZ)
4.6k
±
(4.5M EZ)
(3.5M EZ)
(3M EZ)
(2M EZ)
(0.3M EZ)
5.7k ±
(2.5M EZ)
(2M EZ)