Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 4×). When the
zoom scale is exceeded, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.

1. Set the camera to shooting mode.
2. MENU

(Settings)

(Shooting Settings)

[Digital Zoom]

desired mode

Smart (

)

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 16×, including the
optical zoom 4×. However, note that the image quality deteriorates when the optical
zoom scale is exceeded (Precision digital zoom).

Off

Does not use the digital zoom.

Notes

[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].

The smart zoom is not available when you record movies or the image size is set to [16M] or
[16:9(12M)].
The Face Detection function does not operate in the range of [Digital Zoom].

Total zoom scale when using Smart zoom (including optical zoom 4×)

The supported zoom ratio differs depending on the image size.

Size

Total zoom scale

10M

Approx. 5×

Approx. 7.1×

VGA

Approx. 28×

16:9(2M) Approx. 9.6×

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