Digital Zoom
Selects digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 8×). When the zoom scale is exceeded, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.
- Set the camera to shooting mode.
- MENU -
(Settings) - 
(Shooting Settings) - [Digital Zoom] - desired mode - 
on the control button
(Smart)(Default settings):
Enlarges the image digitally within the range where the image will not be distorted, according to the image size (Smart zoom).
(Precision):
Enlarges all image sizes by the total zoom scale of approximately 32×, including the optical zoom 8×. However, note that image quality deteriorates when the optical zoom scale is exceeded (Precision digital zoom).
Off:
Does not use digital zoom.
Note
- [Digital Zoom] is not available in the following situations:
- In [Sweep Panorama]
- When the Smile Shutter function is activated.
- When [Self-Timer] is set to [Self-portrait One Person] or [Self-portrait Two People].
- Smart zoom is not available when you record movies or the image size is set to [20M] or [16:9 (15M)].
- The Face Detection function does not operate in the range of [Digital Zoom].
Total zoom scale when using Smart zoom (including optical zoom 8×)
The supported zoom ratio differs depending on image size.
Image size and total zoom scale:
10M: Approx. 11×
5M: Approx. 15×
VGA: Approx. 64×
16:9(2M): Approx. 21×