Ricoh WG-5 GPS - Using the Zoom

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You can use the zoom to change the captured area.
1 Press the W/T button in A mode.
W Wide (left)
Widens the area that is captured by the
camera.
T Tele (right)
Enlarges the subject.
If you continue to press T, the camera
automatically switches from optical zoom to
Intelligent Zoom and stops at the point where
the zoom switches to digital zoom.
Once the button is released and pressed again, the camera switches to digital
zoom.
If the digital zoom is set to off in the menu, the optical zoom and the Intelligent
Zoom ranges are available for use. The zoom ratio of the Intelligent Zoom varies
depending on the number of recorded pixels.
The zoom bar is displayed as follows.
*1 You can zoom in to a maximum of 4x optically.
*2 The Intelligent Zoom range varies depending on the number of recorded
pixels. See the following table.
Recorded pixels and the maximum zoom ratio
Using the Zoom
Recorded Pixels
Intelligent Zoom
(The zoom ratio includes the 4x optical zoom.)
Digital zoom
//
Not Available (4x optical zoom only)
Equivalent to
approx. 28.8x
6/
Approx. 6x
f/
Approx. 7.1x
h
Approx. 9x
h
Approx. 9.6x
3 8
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28.828.8
Zoom bar
Zoom ratio
Zoom in with high image quality.
Zoom in with some degree of image
deterioration.
Optical zoom range
*1
Intelligent
Zoom range
*2
Digital zoom
range