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Zoom (Movies)
Enlarges images with the W/T (zoom) lever when shooting. The camera’s optical zoom function can enlarge images up to 5×.
Optical zoom allows you to enlarge an image without deteriorating its original quality.
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Set the camera to shooting mode.
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Slide the W/T (zoom) lever.
Slide the lever to the T side to zoom in, or to the W side to zoom out.
Available zoom
You can exceed 5× optical zoom to zoom in. To zoom past the optical zoom range, set [Digital Zoom] to [On].
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Zoom with the original image quality
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) [Digital Zoom]:
Less than the original image quality [Details]
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Operation
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Settings
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Zoom bar
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Using the optical zoom only
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[Digital Zoom]: [Off]
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Zooming to the maximum zoom range
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[Digital Zoom]: [On]
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Zoom scale
The supported zoom scales are different depending on the settings or the image size. The table below summarizes the zoom scales when [Digital Zoom] is set to [On].
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Image size
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Zoom
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Maximum
zoom scale |
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Optical
zoom scale |
Zoom scale without deterioration
(including 5× optical zoom) |
Clear Image Zoom
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Digital Zoom
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Movie mode
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5×
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4×
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20×
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Notes
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[Clear Image Zoom] is not available while recording movies.
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The camera zooms slowly while recording movies.
