Zoom (Movies)

Enlarges images with the W/T (zoom) lever when shooting. The camera’s optical zoom function can enlarge images up to 10×.
Optical zoom allows you to enlarge an image without deteriorating its original quality.
  1. Set the camera to shooting mode.

  1. 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 10× optical zoom to zoom in. To zoom past the optical zoom range, set [Digital Zoom] to [On].
  1. Zoom with the original image quality

  1. () [Digital Zoom]:

Less than the original image quality [Details]


Operation
Settings
Zoom bar
A
Using the optical zoom only
[Digital Zoom]: [Off]
D
Zooming to the maximum zoom range
[Digital Zoom]: [On]

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].

Image size
Operation
A: Optical zoom
D: Zoom with maximum zoom scale
Movie mode
10×
40×

Notes
  • [Clear Image Zoom] is not available while recording movies.

  • The camera zooms slowly while recording movies.