
60
Common, Convenient Features
StillImages Movies
Zooming In Closer on Subjects (Digital Zoom)
Whendistantsubjectsaretoofarawaytoenlargeusingtheopticalzoom,
usedigitalzoomforuptoabout120xenlargement.
1 Movethezoomlevertoward
<i>.
Holdtheleveruntilzoomingstops.
Zoomingstopsatthelargestpossible
zoomfactor(beforetheimagebecomes
noticeablygrainy),whichisthenindicated
onthescreen.
ZoomFactor
2 Movethezoomlevertoward
<i>again.
Thecamerazoomsinevencloseronthe
subject,usingdigitalzoom.
•Movingthezoomleverwilldisplaythezoombar(whichindicates
thezoomposition).Thecolorofthezoombarwillchange
dependingonthezoomrange.
-Whiterange:opticalzoomrangewheretheimagewillnotappear
grainy.
-Yellowrange:digitalzoomrangewheretheimageisnot
noticeablygrainy(ZoomPlus).
-Bluerange:digitalzoomrangewheretheimagewillappear
grainy.
Becausethebluerangewillnotbeavailableatsomeresolution
settings(=
68)themaximumzoomfactorcanbeachievedby
followingstep1.
•Zoomedimagesmaylookgrainy,undersomeresolutionsettings
(=
68)andzoomfactors.Inthiscase,thezoomfactorisshown
inblue.