Zoom (Movies)

Enlarge 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. Turn the W/T (zoom) lever.

Turn the lever to the T side to zoom in, or to the W side to zoom out.

Available zoom

When zooming, you can exceed the 10× optical zoom. To zoom past the optical zoom range, set [Digital Zoom] to [On].
  1. Zoom with the original image quality

  1. [Digital Zoom]: Less than original image quality [Details]


Operation
Settings
Zoom bar
Zooming only to the extent that there is no deterioration in the image quality
[Digital Zoom]: [Off]
Zooming to the maximum zoom range
[Digital Zoom]: [On]

Zoom scale

The available zoom scale will differ depending on the settings. The table below summarizes the zoom scales when [Digital Zoom] is set to [On].

Operation
Zoom with the original image quality
Zoom with maximum zoom scale
10×
40×

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

  • The camera zooms slowly while recording movies.