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Using Zoom
Zoom types and use
The zoom ratio changes when the number of recording pixels is changed.
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Optical Zoom
Zooming in up to 16 times is possible if pictures without have been selected by
[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu. (→80)
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Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• Scene Mode ([Panorama Shot])
• [Macro Zoom]
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Extended optical zoom
Zooming in up to 31.3 times is possible when pictures with have been selected by
[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu (→80). EZ is short for “Extended optical zoom”.
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Extended optical zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode (when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])
• [Macro Zoom] • Motion picture • When the [Burst] setting is set to , or
• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [High Sens.] [HDR])
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])
To increase the zoom ratio further, the following zoom can be used in combination.
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[i.ZOOM]
You can use the camera’s Intelligent Resolution technology to increase the zoom ratio
up to 2 times higher than the original zoom ratio with limited deterioration of picture
quality. (→87)
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When [i.Resolution] is set to [i.ZOOM], Intelligent Resolution technology is applied to
the picture.
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The [i.ZOOM] functions in the following cases.
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode (except when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])
• Scene Modes ([Portrait] [Soft Skin] [Scenery] [Sports] [Night Portrait] [Night
Scenery] [Food] [Baby] [Pet] [Sunset] [Glass Through] [Underwater])
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[i.ZOOM] does not function in the following cases.
• When the [Burst] setting is set to , or
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])
• [Macro Zoom]
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[Digital Zoom]
Zoom 4 times further than Optical/Extended optical zoom. Note that, with Digital Zoom,
enlarging will decrease picture quality. Set the [Digital Zoom] in the [Rec] menu to [ON].
(→88)
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Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following modes:
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode • When the [Burst] setting is set to , or
• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Handheld Night Shot] [High Sens.] [HDR])
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Miniature Effect] [Toy Effect])
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When Digital Zoom is used simultaneously with i.Zoom, you can only increase the
zoom ratio up to 2 times.
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