Recording pictures (advanced)
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For setting, see page 70.
 
 
It is possible to further magnify a subject 
already magnified 4 times with the optical 
zoom 4 more times with the digital zoom, 
thereby reaching a maximum of 16 times. 
(You can still use the extended optical 
zoom.)
For details about the extended optical 
zoom, see page 88.
n Entering the digital zoom range
When you rotate the zoom lever to the 
extreme Tele position, the on-screen zoom 
indication may momentarily pause.
You can enter the digital zoom range to 
continuously rotate the zoom lever to Tele 
or to release the zoom lever once and then 
rotate it to Tele again.
1 Optical zoom
2 Digital zoom
• When using the digital zoom, the picture 
quality becomes deteriorated.
• In the digital zoom range, the stabilizer 
function may not be effective.
• When using the digital zoom, use a tripod 
and the self-timer (P44) for best results.
• The AF area is displayed with a size wider 
than usual and set only to a point on the 
center of the screen in the digital zoom 
range.
• If you set the [QUALITY] to [RAW] (P74), 
the digital zoom turns off. When you 
switch to a different [QUALITY] setting, 
the digital zoom setting before you 
selected [RAW] is restored.
For setting, see page 70.
 
 
You can use 4 types of color effects 
depending on the image of the picture.
Digital Zoom [D.ZOOM]
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SCN
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4
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1
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[OFF] :
[ON] :
Color Effect [COL.EFFECT]
COOL The picture becomes bluish.
WARM The picture becomes reddish.
B/W The picture becomes black and 
white.
SEPIA The picture becomes sepia.
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